Yesterday Unite revealed the authority now faces paying several millions of pounds more after more than 400 legal claims were lodged at an employment court on behalf of affected workers. Unite convener in Birmingham Matthew Reid told the Morning Star the closure of all depot sites was a major victory. The council has insisted that settling the case would mean it would have to pay out further equal pay claims. The worker-funded organisation received texts sent from the council to agency workers yesterday confirming that it has suspended all refuse services due to the picket on health and safety grounds. “We want to be absolutely clear: we will be back again, and again, and again until these workers win.