UNITE was fined £265,000 today for breaching terms of an injunction imposed on the striking Birmingham bin workers.But the union said it would simply pay out of money saved by reducing its affiliation fee to the Labour Party, with a Labour council’s attack on pay the cause of the dispute.High Court judge Nerys Jefford’s ruling said members and/or union officials “persuaded themselves” that the council’s ban on blocking refuse trucks did not apply to areas near the city’s depots.

UNITE was fined £265,000 today for breaching terms of an injunction imposed on the striking Birmingham bin workers.

But the union said it would simply pay out of money saved by reducing its affiliation fee to the Labour Party, with a Labour council’s attack on pay the cause of the dispute.

High Court judge Nerys Jefford’s ruling said members and/or union officials “persuaded themselves” that the council’s ban on blocking refuse trucks did not apply to areas near the city’s depots.

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