Birmingham bin workers’ strike: why did it start and when will it end?

Unite union began all-out strike more than a year ago and city remains without full waste collection service It has been more than a year since Birmingham’s bin workers began their all-out strike that has left residents without a fully functioning waste collection service – and there is still no end in sight. The strikes have attracted global media attention as pictures emerged of towering waste and overflowing bins on the streets of the UK’s second largest city. Continue reading...

By Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent