are stepping up industrial action in a dispute that has left rubbish piling up on the streets. members of the unite union have been refusing to do overtime and have been carrying out two hour stoppages every day, which rose to three hours a day. it looks bad and smells even worse. piles and piles of rubbish strewn gci’oss piles and piles of rubbish strewn across birmingham streets. on this road, it has been weak since the rubbish was collected. we saw a rat over there yesterday. absolutely disgraceful. for four weeks, over there yesterday. absolutely disgraceful. forfourweeks, it has been terrible. so we pay all that money in council taxes, and don t get anything. give the binmen what they want. it is disgusting. we come out of our house and it smells of rotte n out of our house and it smells of rotten food. it is horrible. dirty nappies. obviously, there is no other way to dispose of them. try and get as much who often as possible. when you open the bin, all you get is a w