Piles of rubbish like ‘Mount Everest’ say locals in East London amid strikes

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Market stall holders have labelled rubbish piles in East London as ‘Mount Everest’ as strikes are set to continue for another four weeks.   The council have said they are “disappointed” by the strikes and that clean streets are their priority.

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00:00 Market stallholders in Whitechapel have labelled piles of cardboard boxes, fruit and veg as

00:08 a Mount Everest.

00:12 Piles of rubbish are building up in East London as workers and cleaners begin a four-week

00:16 strike over pay.

00:18 More than 200 Tower Hamlets council workers downed tools on September 18th after rejecting

00:24 the National Local Government pay offer of a flat increase of £1,925.

00:31 On September 20th, Union Unite's regional officer Nick West told London World the union

00:37 had gone to the council with two solutions as well as more localised offers to try and

00:42 end the strike but that they were batted away.

00:52 Local resident Mr Hussain said that Whitechapel is now a very nice place and with so many

00:57 people working here he wants to see the area clean and tidy.

01:02 He said that he has definitely been affected personally and wants to see the issue resolved

01:06 as quickly as possible.

01:12 Other market stall workers we spoke to wished not to be named, however some had different

01:16 views when it came to the strikes.

01:18 While one thought it was the workers fault, others believed those on strike should be

01:22 rewarded with better pay.

01:24 A Tower Hamlets council spokesperson previously commented on the action and said the council

01:29 were disappointed by the strike as keeping Tower Hamlets streets clean and litter free

01:34 is their priority.

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