Unite, which represents the striking workers, says some will be £8,000 a year worse off and claims bin lorry drivers will have their pay cut next. Unite said in a statement that the council had ...

Residents angry at seeing rubbish pile up in a sixth week of strikes hit out at the refuse workers’ deal, which sees bin lorry drivers earn £33,366 to £40,476 based on experience. They are ...

Birmingham City Council told us that the pay band for loaders - the most junior people working on a bin lorry - in Birmingham was £24,027 to £25,992 - that's about £11.50 to £12.50 an hour.

Birmingham City Council told us that the pay band for loaders - the most junior people working on a bin lorry - in Birmingham was £24,027 to £25,992 - that's about £11.50 to £12.50 an hour. Why are ...

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I first met Naz Khan during the last bin strike when he and his friends hired a lorry to collect rubbish from people who could not take it away themselves. Eight years later I bumped into him ...

As well as the WRCO role issue, the union has more recently urged the council to guarantee bin lorry drivers' existing levels of pay. It said drivers on strike had been told during talks their ...

Bin lorry driver Derek Roberts said: “We need to move the narrative away from the fact that it’s only this [WRCO] role that’s being deleted and that nobody else is affected. “We’ve already been told ...