2 h. ago Birmingham hit by more bin chaos as agency staff walk out on strike over 'bullying'

Rubbish has piled up in Birmingham again after agency staff hired to help clear up the mess also went on strike because of 'bullying' allegations

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2 h. ago All Birmingham bin collections suspended as agency workers walk out

The agency staff were initially brought in to maintain services during the strike

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4 h. ago Birmingham bin collection services suspended as agency staff join picket lines

Unite the Union said around 40 agency workers had joined city-wide protests amid claims of bullying and health and safety concerns.

Politics

6 h. ago Birmingham bin collections suspended as 'mass protests' cripple service

Birmingham's bin collection service has been suspended due to widespread strikes

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14 h. ago Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers to join picket lines

Unite said the number of agency workers who will join the strike action is ‘growing daily’.

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28 h. ago EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears

Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claimsA new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers.The agricultural industry sprays about 8m pounds of antibiotic and antifungal pesticides on US food crops annually, many of which are banned in other countries. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule

Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way outThe “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.“That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Families of Yemeni aid workers detained by Houthi rebels despair for their fate

Yemen's Houthi rebels have arrested dozens of workers with United Nations agencies, aid groups and nongovernmental organizations

Society

1 week ago Jess Phillips tells teachers to 'whinge more' like Birmingham bin workers and says 'schools are asked to do too much'

The outspoken Home Office minister said teachers had not been 'thanked enough' for all the work they had taken on over the years.

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2 w. ago Birmingham bin strikes escalate with workers voting 'overwhelmingly' to extend walkouts which could now continue beyond next year's local elections

Unite the union said workers employed by Birmingham City Council will be joined on the picket lines by agency workers who were hired by Job & Talent to perform refuse work.

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2 w. ago Agency staff covering for Birmingham bin strikers vote for strike of their own

Agency staff will now join directly employed Birmingham City Council workers on official picket lines from December 1

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2 w. ago Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers vote to join picket lines

By voting for industrial action, agency workers will now be able to join official picket lines from December 1, Unite the union said.

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4 w. ago Rome: worker trapped and one injured after part of medieval tower collapses

Three others rescued at the Torre dei Conti, which was undergoing restoration worksEurope live – latest updatesA medieval tower in central Rome has partly collapsed twice during renovations, injuring one worker and trapping another.Falling debris from the initial collapse of the Torre dei Conti, just after 11.30am (0930 GMT), close to the Roman Forum ruins, hit a 64-year-old worker, the Ansa news agency reported. He was taken to San Giovanni hospital in a critical condition although Francesco Rocca, Lazio’s regional president, said his injuries were not life threatening. Continue reading...

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