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 ...

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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.

O n Birmingham’s poorer streets, veiled mothers push their prams through scattered litter. The remarkably sunny spring would ...

SINGAPORE - A lorry allegedly knocked down several trees by the road and mounted a kerb in Ang Mo Kio on the morning of April 17, prompting a police investigation. The vehicle was believed to have ...

After almost three days of disruption to goods transportation across Karnataka, the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents’ Association (FKSLOA) has called off its indefinite ...

Bin lorry drivers can earn more, up to around £33,000 or more, but any starting salary can vary because of experience, training or location. The WRCO role, which Unite are fighting to keep, is unique ...

When this all started there were 170 workers facing the pay cuts and since then the Council has said 200 bin lorry drivers will be served the same medicine. Also being lined up for £8000 pay cuts.

A moving lorry on Peenya flyover caught fire due to a short circuit in the battery box on Thursday afternoon. The truck driver and his assistant stopped the vehicle and jumped to safety upon ...