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| Birmingham waste collection strikes to last until September | Birmingham waste collection strikes to last until September |
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| Refuse workers in Birmingham are set to strike until September, trade union Unite has announced. | Refuse workers in Birmingham are set to strike until September, trade union Unite has announced. |
| Daily two-hour stoppages will be increased to three hours from 28 July after talks with the council failed. | Daily two-hour stoppages will be increased to three hours from 28 July after talks with the council failed. |
| Unite says the council are cutting over 120 jobs and claims members received their notice letters at the weekend. | Unite says the council are cutting over 120 jobs and claims members received their notice letters at the weekend. |
| Birmingham City Council said it was "disappointed at Unite's stance", there were "no job losses" and workers have been offered other opportunities. | |
| See more stories from Birmingham and the Black Country here | See more stories from Birmingham and the Black Country here |
| Unite regional officer Lynne Shakespeare said there has only been one meeting with the council since strike action began on 30 June. | Unite regional officer Lynne Shakespeare said there has only been one meeting with the council since strike action began on 30 June. |
| The meeting took place on Thursday and Ms Shakespeare said all other meetings have been cancelled by the council. | The meeting took place on Thursday and Ms Shakespeare said all other meetings have been cancelled by the council. |
| In a statement, however, the council insisted: "Our door remains open". | |
| Ms Shakespeare said union members "feel badly let down by the council" after they received notice letters on Saturday saying their jobs were no longer needed. | |
| Corporate director at the council, Jacqui Kennedy, denies this and said: "There are no job losses [...] and we have not issued redundancy notices." | |
| Meanwhile, Birmingham residents are increasingly angered by missed waste collections. One Harborne resident said her rubbish had not been collected for over four weeks. | Meanwhile, Birmingham residents are increasingly angered by missed waste collections. One Harborne resident said her rubbish had not been collected for over four weeks. |
| She said Baldon Road looks "disgusting" and criticised the council's response which she said was patronising and unsympathetic. | She said Baldon Road looks "disgusting" and criticised the council's response which she said was patronising and unsympathetic. |
| "The council have no way of dealing with missed collections and no plan of how to fix this," she added. | "The council have no way of dealing with missed collections and no plan of how to fix this," she added. |
| Matthew Bowater, from Sheldon, has not had his rubbish collected for three weeks and said he was "at his wits end". | |
| Raj Bansal, from Harborne, said his whole street is full of rubbish. He has a newborn baby and said "the rubbish is overflowing" so he is having to keep bags inside. | Raj Bansal, from Harborne, said his whole street is full of rubbish. He has a newborn baby and said "the rubbish is overflowing" so he is having to keep bags inside. |
| He said: "If the council had more practical advice, people would be more understanding." | |