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Agency staff covering for striking bin workers vote to go on strike
Agency workers employed by Job & Talent joined picket lines over bullying and unsafe workloads, causing a citywide bin collection halt, with around 40 agency staff striking, union said.
- On Monday, December 1, Job & Talent agency bin workers voted to strike and joined picket lines at Smithfield Depot, rallying alongside Birmingham City Council refuse collectors.
- Unite says agency workers employed by Job & Talent voted to strike weeks ago over alleged bullying, harassment and the threat of blacklisting, with 18 out of 22 agency members supporting action.
- At rallies outside Smithfield depot, around 200 pickets and about 40 agency staff struck, with Luke Graham saying, `The reason I've come out is the way the council treat us and even the agency. The way they communicate is just unacceptable.`
- Birmingham City Council suspended collections city-wide due to mass pickets, apologising to residents and plans to resume collections on Tuesday, December 2, aiming to complete all by Sunday.
- Strikes began in January as directly-employed bin workers extended their mandate earlier this month, and agency staff's strike ballot marks an unprecedented escalation with action possible beyond May next year.
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Agency staff drafted in to keep services running during Birmingham’s bin strike have joined picket lines after staging their own walk-out amid disputed claims of bullying and harassment. The protests, including one attended by around 200 pickets at the Smithfield depot, near Birmingham city centre, prompted Birmingham City Council to suspend all bin collections on Monday. Speaking at the demonstration in Pershore Street, Unite national lead offi…
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