A secret war being waged in plain sight in Brighton by bin collectors has resulted in employees receiving death threats, having their tyres slashed and a cache of weapons being uncovered.
A row has been ongoing for at least 18 months at a council-run waste disposal site, with Brighton and Hove Council bosses accusing the GMB union of protecting 'insurgent' employees who create a 'toxic' environment.
A group of workers have been accused of using 'bully boy tactics' in a falling out which has left residents with up to eight weeks worth of rubbish left outside their homes.
Amid the terrifying militancy developing in the town, waste disposal vehicles are said to have been repeatedly sabotaged with wires cut and even being set on fire, with perpetrators leaving chilling threats behind.
One employee received a death threat as recently as January - more than a year after an initial report found instances of bullying, intimidation, racism, sexism and homophobia across Hollingdean bin depot in November 2023.
