BBC News, West Midlands
BBC political reporter, Birmingham
The leader of the Birmingham City Council has accused the Sangh that the school participated by the children of the councilor in charge of the garbage to “target” the striking bin employees of the city.
Council leader John Cotton asked united to apologize after the incident – the circumstances under which the Sangh firmly denies.
He said it was true that the councilors were kept in the account themselves, but claimed that Majid was “targeted” by a school association participated by Mahmud’s children.
Unite said that it visited the school to gather signature of support by parents, but did not know that the councilor’s children participated and said that it was just a “coincidence”.
The BBC asked cotton about disintegration at a city council meeting last week, and did anger over industrial action take his toll on him.
He said: “It is quite true that those who are elected are kept in the account and are questioned, but I think whatever is completely out of order is the goal of the families of the people.
“For example, I know that my cabinet member Majid Mahmood is responsible for waste service in a situation where his children have been targeted in the school they go to. It is not appropriate and it is not appropriate.”
Cotton said that he wanted to apologize to united.
He said, “I myself speak as a member of a trade union.”
“I think most of the members of the rank and file trade union will not consider that kind of behavior appropriate.
“In every way, challenge us on our decisions and what we do as politicians but leave our families out of it.”
In a legal letter issued to the BBC, Unite lawyers said that its members had visited four schools in the last week, but had nothing to do with specific students or parents.
It said that any suggestion of targeting families would be “Anathema” for its members and it participated to hand over the sheet in schools – which was said that it was a “legitimate campaign activity”.
It states that the day he visited the school of Shri Mahmud’s children, he visited another school, and “at both places, the children’s schools and parents welcomed a lot” and were “positively” busy with members of the union.
He added his customer “don’t know where someone’s children go to school”.
‘Friends and rest’
The new row enters its 15th week as an all-out bin strike of Birmingham.
This is not the first time that the activities of the Sangh have been questioned.
The delayed bin collections during the early weeks of the strike were below the picket lines blocking trucks by partially releasing waste features.
Striking workers insisted that they were only stopping the Lauries if they had security concerns, but had increased for a time around the policing depot and recently an prohibition was given in the High Court to prevent the pickers from delaying the crew of the garbage.
Unite has always stressed that the action of members on picket lines was valid and peaceful.
Unite lawyers stated that his customer was involved in “important election campaign efforts within the community” and involved to visit schools to interact and interact with local residents. It said that these were “friendly and comfort” events, saying that this week his members reported to receive 150 signatures from parents in support.
“If … any councilor has seen our customer employees or members outside his children’s school, then it’s just a coincidence,” a letter sent to the BBC.
Any common allegations of ” targeting families’ are also untrue. ”
The interaction between the local authority and the Unite, headed by Arbitration Service ACAS, has so far failed to reach the resolution of both sides to agree.