SIR KEIR Starmer has urged striking bin workers to start negotiating as tons of rat-ridden rubbish pile up.
His challenge came as photos showed a major clean-up was needed to clear a car park in 24 hours in Birmingham.
The 50ft long, 6ft mound of festering mess had been dumped at Tyseley Community CentreSWNS
The scene at Tyseley Community Centre after four bin lorries and a craned truck were brought in overnight to clear itSWNS
SWNSElsewhere, a festering mountain of hundreds of black bags piled 6ft high at a temporary collection point in Tyseley, Birmingham – as the city’s bin strike hits a 4th week[/caption]
The 50ft long, 6ft mound of festering mess had been dumped at Tyseley Community Centre.
Four bin lorries and a craned truck were brought in overnight to clear it.
Meanwhile, police put up barriers at the picket line to stop refuse trucks being blocked in the weeks-long dispute row over pay and jobs.
No 10 said: “Unite need to get round the table with the council to end this strike.”
However, the union called on Labour to stick up for workers, saying bin crews woke up to a pay cut of £8,000 a year.
Unite said: “It is not surprising that many workers in Britian question the Labour government’s commitment to working people, when it issues a statement clearly blaming bin workers in a dispute not of their making.
“The bottom line about this dispute is that these workers, woke up one morning to be told they would be taking up to an £8,000 pay cut.
They are being made to pay the price for austerity and bad decisions by Birmingham City Council.”
SelwynPics‘Rats the size of cats’ have been terrorising locals in Birmingham[/caption]
SWNSRubbish piled up on Grove Cottage Rd in Bordesley Green in Birmingham[/caption]
AlamyCity residents claim they can smell the stench while walking down the street[/caption]
SelwynPicsVermin the size of ‘small cats’ were seen scurrying around the streets[/caption]
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