Birmingham residents and visitors have been left fuming as bin strikes continue for a second month.
Rubbish remains uncollected just days after council bin workers gave the greenlight to more industrial action by overwhelmingly rejecting Birmingham's latest offer.
The industrial action, which began on March 11, has already lasted over a month with no immediate end in sight.
Speaking to GB News, one person in Birmingham said: "I am here to visit my mother in law with my wife and I have brought my two kids with me - two girls.
Birmingham residents hit out at the mounting rubbish on the streets
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"Their perception of the city based on the bin strike is what a dump.
"This puts them off living here, working here or studying here. Despite my own love for Birmingham they say dad, I would never live here. That sort of exacerbates that perception."
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Another woman told The Peoples Channel: "I am not happy about the strikes. I want people to be able to go to work and get the pay they should get."
A third said: "On the other side they are leaving Birmingham to have a bad name.
"It is not good for the people of Birmingham to be questioned about it, I get questions from people saying what is it like."
The dispute centres on Birmingham City Council's decision to remove waste recycling and collection officer roles from some workers and implement cuts to their pay.
Unite union described the council's recent proposal as "totally inadequate" as it failed to address workers' concerns about potential pay cuts.
Unite's national lead officer Onay Kasab revealed that 97 per cent of those who voted rejected the council's deal, on a 60 per cent turnout.
The union's general secretary Sharon Graham added: "For weeks, these workers have faced attacks from government and their employer pushing the lie that only a handful of workers are affected by the council's plans to cut pay by up to £8,000."
She also said: "The rejection of the offer is no surprise as these workers simply cannot afford to take pay cuts of this magnitude to pay the price for bad decision after bad decision."
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish going uncollected across Birmingham
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The scale of the crisis has become increasingly apparent, with thousands of tonnes of rubbish going uncollected across Birmingham.
At the end of March, the council declared a major incident over the ongoing strike.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has also called in the British Army to assist with the crisis, with some being assigned to provide temporary "logistical support".
There have been warnings of a public health emergency, with claims that rats "bigger than cats" are now thriving among the mounting piles of waste.
