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The Council granted a provisional court order on strike pickets by BIN workers

The Council granted a provisional court order on strike pickets by BIN workers

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The council involved in the long -standing strike by BIN workers received a provisional court order that, he says, will ensure that the picket and protests in their three deposits are in accordance with the legal provisions.

The City Council of Birmingham said that the court order, which is in place until Thursday, when an additional hearing will be held, establishes the expected behavior of the pickets and aims to avoid the obstruction of vehicles that leave the deposits.

Unite members have been on total strike since March 11 consecutive for salary and jobs, which leads to garbage bags that accumulate throughout the city.

The Council said: “The Council must now work to resume weekly collections and reduce the recent accumulation of waste experienced in the city.

“Our priority is to offer a reliable waste service to the people of Birmingham.

“We have seen an increase in interruption in our deposits, with the workers and vehicles that are prevented from doing their job. This in turn has led to an accumulation of approximately 12,800 tons of waste in the streets.

“The Council has been negotiating with Unite since the beginning of this strike around the behaviors we have seen in our deposits, and although everyone has the right to protest, the Council has a public health duty to defend and eliminate waste is essential for this.

“We believe that these actions fail to comply with the law. As a result, the Council issued Unite lawyers with a letter before the action at the beginning of the week. They subsequently gave us written guarantees that there would be a change in deposits.

“This has not happened and they have violated those guarantees this morning by not allowing our trucks to leave.

“Therefore, the Council has made the decision to proceed with a request before the Superior Court for a legal court order to restrict illegal behavior. This is not something we would like to do and have given many opportunities to cooperate with us and avoid this course of action.

“The health and safety of the people of Birmingham is of vital importance and the council has been forced to take these measures to prevent waste from accumulating in our city, which most affected private communities.”

Unite keeps the picket has been legal.