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Talks to end long-running Birmingham bin strike break down after union leaders accuse council chiefs of lying over pay

TALKS to end the long-running bins strike broke down yesterday with union leaders accusing council chiefs of lying over pay.

Unite said the guarantees being offered to refuse workers in public were not backed up by written deals.

A large pile of garbage bags blocking a residential street during a refuse workers' strike.
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Talks to end the long-running Birmingham bins strike broke down yesterday[/caption]

Portrait of Birmingham City Council leader John Cotton.
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Birmingham City Council leader John Cotton said that 18,000 tons of rotting rubbish had been collected this month[/caption]

Negotiations over the dispute — which has seen some 22,000 tons of waste pile up in Birmingham’s streets — are now on hold until Wednesday, after the Easter break.

City council leader John Cotton said that 18,000 tons of rotting rubbish had been collected this month.

He insisted normal bin rounds would only resume once the strike is over.

But he did say: “Over the course of this week, residents should see their bins emptied on the day they expect.”

Just 41 waste recycling collection officers are said to be holding out over plans to scrap their roles.

A Unite spokesman said: “The council refused to put in writing what John Cotton and his team have been saying in public.

“We believe they are telling untruths to the public to infer the offer given is better than it really is.

“They need to come clean.”

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A large pile of garbage bags and waste blocking a residential street during a refuse workers' strike.
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Cotton insisted normal bin rounds would only resume once the strike is over[/caption]

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