Army Experts Called In To Help – ryan

Military Planners have been called in to help tackle mounting piles of rubbish on Birmingham’s streets following a month-long strike by refuse workers.

Unite Union Members have been on an all-out strike since 11 March In a row over pay, leading to thousands of tunnes of uncollected rubbish and the City Council Declaring A major incident.

Birmingham City Council has already appeared to help and now the government has asked for help from the army in tackling the crisis.

The move will see a small number of office-based planners providing logistical support for a short period. Soldiers are not being deployed to collect rubbish.

A government spokesperson said: “The government has already provided a number of staff to support the council with logistics and make sure the response on the ground is swift to address the associated public health risks.

“In Light of the Ongoing Public Health Risk, a small number of office-based military personnel with operational planning expertise have been made available to Birmingham City Council to further support in this area.”

The Spokesperson added this built on a range of measures on which it had supported the council, including opening household Waste Centers.

Last Week, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner Ulged Striking Bin Workers to accept a new deal to end the dispute.

She said a “significantly improved” offer had been made and the council had “movedively to meet the demands of the workers so we can see an end to this disputes”.

However, Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said the deal represented “a partial deal on pay protection for a few” and the striking bin workers were “in the driving seat around what they wish to accept”.

At the end of March, the Labor-Run City Council declared a major incident, citing an estimated 17,000 tunes of rubbish across Birmingham over the first four weeks of the strike.