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Bin workers in Birmingham have been on strike since March 11th. When the Labour council in that city attacked bin workers’ pay and conditions, walkouts started in January, leading on to an all-out ...
An all-out strike over plans to downgrade some roles, which the union says could cost workers £8,000 a year, began on 11 March, following weeks of intermittent walkouts. Birmingham City Council ...
Birmingham City Council and the bins union Unite remain at loggerheads as the all-out strike blighting the city enters its tenth week. Dispute negotiations are said to be ongoing amid claims truck ...
Conciliation service Acas is hosting a new series of talks from today between Birmingham Council and the union Unite aimed at resolving the continuing bin strike in Birmingham. It will be Acas’s first ...
Casey Bailey says people should remember the good things about the city People should not lose sight of what they love about Birmingham during the ongoing bin strike, says the city's former poet ...
Birmingham’s protracted bin strike could finally be nearing its end as union leaders and city council officials prepare to resume talks on Wednesday. These renewed discussions offer a glimmer of ...
Bags of rubbish are continuing to pile high on the streets of Birmingham as refuse workers ... is reminiscent of the catastrophic 2023 NEU teacher strikes when pupils in state schools across ...
The binmen are on strike, and have been for weeks. On the surface, the dispute sounds as common as any other. Birmingham City Council, which employs the binmen, wants to cut jobs—specifically, ...
Paul Hunter consults for the World Health Organization and sits on a science advisory committee for Suez. He receives funding from National Institute for Health Research and has received funding ...
Strikes that have left mountains of bin bags piled up on the streets of Birmingham could spread throughout the UK, Unite’s leader has warned. More than 5,000 tonnes of rubbish remains ...