Talks to resume as Birmingham bin strike continues in sixth week

The conversations continued on Wednesday to put an end to a strike of the workers of Birmingham Bin who has seen mountains of uncomfortable garbage accumulate in pavements and corners.

The negotiations between the City Council and the Unite Unión had to resume from 12:30 BST.

The strike, now in its sixth week, led to an important incident to be declared last month amid concerns for public health and the environment.

On Tuesday in the House of Commons, Jim McMahon, Housing, Communities and Local Government Minister, renewed the calls to Unite to cancel the strike.

He said that at least 26,000 tons of garbage had moved the legs of the streets of Birmingham and “the regular collections of containers have resumed” in the midst of the interruption.

Hundreds of BIN workers have the duration of the leg strike the dispute over salary and jobs.

Answering an urgent question of the Conservative Shadow Minister Kevin Hollinrake, McMahon urged the union to accept a sacrifice of the Council.

“Industrial action has no interest in anyone because the deal on the table is a good business,” he said.

“The Government will continue to be on the side of the people of Birmingham and supporting the Council to create a sustainable, fair and reliable waste service that its residents deserve.”

In a recent statement, Unite said an agreement “would be much closer” if the promises made by the counter in the interviews were in writing.

John Cotton, leader of the City Council of Birmingham, said he was previously interested in the two parties continued to speak so they could close the dispute.

In the Commons, Hollinrake, asked if the Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Housing that Angela Rayner had made a statement on the interruption of waste collection and the use of the military in Birmingham.

Hey also accused her or “does not face the unions [and] Do not protect residents from the second city of the United Kingdom. “

According to the military provision, a small number of army planners based on offices must provide logistical support to the Council.

“To be clear, the military is not necessary in the streets of Birmingham, the counter in hand,” McMahon said.

He told House Hey not to think that no one is proud of the strike action and that it was not “acceptable” to be called an important incident.

He urged both parties to “negotiate in good faith.”

“The government is not the employer of the workforce in Birmingham, the Council is the employer … and it is for the employer and the employees to reach an agreement that both hook,” he added.

Hey also said that the government strongly encouraged Unite to suspend the negotiations of the strike action.

Wendy Morton, conservative deputy of the headquarters of Aldridge-Brownhills, asked the minister what the government and Birmingham City Council were doing for work work to end the strike.

“The rats, the chirriant glasses, continue to wander freely in the streets of the second city of Great Britain,” he said.

“It’s enough, residents want to see the end of this.”