Military planners called in to help with Birmingham bin crisis - as workers to vote on 'partial deal' to end strike

The city of Birmingham, the second largest in the UK after London, has become a veritable garbage dump for almost two months. This is because of a strike by sanitation workers. Since then, bags of household waste have been lying on the streets, to the dismay of locals. Given the mountains of garbage that have not been removed for more than a month, a small number of soldiers will provide temporary logistical support to local authorities, writes …

Waste heaps in the streets, in between big rats: The second largest British city suffers from the permanent strike of the garbage workers. Now even the military was called.

Army called in to help with bin strike amid public health fears

The all-out strike by refuse workers in the Unite union began on March 11 and has led to a significant public health emergency as piles of rubbish have mounted in the streets

Rats are 'dancing in the streets' of Birmingham after union bosses reject deal

Hundreds of workers have walked out in a row over pay and jobs, leading to rubbish piling up on the streets.

Birmingham is flooded with garbage. The English city, inhabited by more than a million people, has been without a garbage collection service for more than a month: the garbage collectors have in fact proclaimed a strike that is leaving thousands of waste on the street with serious consequences also for public health. The images are impressive: piles of garbage bags and hundreds of different wastes, from cardboard to mattresses, invade sidewalks …

British Army Drafted by Government to Help Birmingham Trash Crisis

The Labour Party government has called upon the military to help clear garbage from the streets of Birmingham as a continuing union strike has left tens of thousands of tonnes of trash lining the streets of Britain's second-largest city. The post British Army Drafted by Government to Help Birmingham Trash Crisis Amid Garbage Collector Strike appeared first on Breitbart.