Birmingham City Council is engaged in ongoing negotiations with the Unite union as a strike by bin workers persists. Union members deemed the council's latest pay offer, presented nearly five weeks into the strike, as inadequate, particularly for 200 drivers potentially facing pay cuts. The council's leader acknowledged service deficiencies and emphasized the need for reform while intending to solve the standoff through negotiations. Meanwhile, waste collection issues have resulted in 22,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish on the streets, with efforts underway to prioritize clearance in the most affected areas of the city.
"We want to find a negotiated solution to this. But what we cannot do is take steps that result in us creating further equal pay problems for the council."
"We know that the services haven't been delivering for parts of the city well enough for long enough, and that's something that we need to change."
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