Birmingham bin workers employed by an agency have been told they will be blacklisted from permanent roles by the council if they refuse to cross picket lines in the ongoing dispute.

Footage obtained by Sky News shows a manager from Job&Talent, an agency contracted by Birmingham City Council, telling staff at a meeting this week that council chiefs will bar them from permanent jobs if they join the strike.

The manager said: "Now I've spoken to Chris [Smiles], I've spoken to Rob Edmondson, and I think, you know categorically the council are not going to employ anybody that they don't want to employ.

"So those people that do decide to join the picket line, then the council have confirmed to us that they are not going to get a permanent job."

Chris Smiles is a strategic operational directo

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