00:00The Birmingham bin strike began in March. It's now August and there's still no deal.
00:07At the centre of the route is the scrapping of the waste recycling and collection officer role.
00:12Unite says it means a pie cut of up to eight grand for 170 staff.
00:17The council says it only affects 17 and offers have been made for retraining or redundancy.
00:23Talks collapsed last month. Unite rejected what the council called its final offer.
00:28The union says the council's proposal lacks full pie protection.
00:33Members voted to keep striking with 97% backing further action.
00:38Unite has warned the strike could run into winter if no settlement is reached.
00:43Uncollected waste now tops 26,000 tonnes. Many recycling services are still suspended.
00:49Pest complaints are rising and fly tipping is rampant.
00:53The council says the strike has already burned through nearly £4 million.
00:58Delights to the city's long-term waste overhaul could push that to £10 million or more.
01:03With the budget already stretched, some fear wide cuts might follow.
01:07The disruption hasn't fallen evenly. Sparkhill, Smallheath and Leidywood have been hardest hit.
01:14Wealthy wards like Harbourn and Edge Bastard have fared far better.
01:18That imbalance is fuelling more anger among residents.
01:22Meanwhile, the political fallout is spreading.
01:25Unite has suspended Angela Rayner's membership and says Labour may lose funding over the row.
01:31It's prompted wider questions about who the party really stands for.
01:36The council insists it can't go further, Unite says it won't back down and the rubbish keeps piling up.
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