In Birmingham, residents have experienced significant disruptions as they queued for hours to dispose of uncollected rubbish amid an all-out strike by bin workers. The local council opened a mobile collection site, which saw traffic delays as workers faced threats of arrest for slowing bin lorry departures. The union claims the strike will only end when pay issues are resolved, pointing to the council's wasteful spending on agency workers and security during the dispute, which far exceeds potential pay adjustments needed to settle the conflict.
"Waggons started to make their move out of the front gate and nobody was allowed to hamper them. I was told anybody getting arrested today was facing a 1,000 fine per person."
"The only thing that would end the strike was for the council to resolve its 'horrific pay attacks'. The council is responsible for squandering millions of pounds worth of public resources trying to fight a dispute that it could resolve at a fraction of the cost."
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