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Solidarity with Unite’s Birmingham bin workers – and condemnation of Labour was discussed in emergency motion 5. The motion roundly condemned the actions of the Labour Party both locally and in government, while reaffirming Conference’s support for the refuse workers, pledging to fight on until full victory had been achieved. If the threat of dismissal […]
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Unite is calling on the local government ombudsman to investigate whether Birmingham’s government appointed commissioners have a financial conflict of interest in keeping the bin strike going. The strikes are over pay cuts of up to £8,000 impacting around 400 workers who are either former Waste Recycling Collection Officers or bin lorry drivers. At the […]
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Labour ministers are targeting low-paid bin workers while cosseting billionaires. Supporters could not be more disillusioned Six months ago, it was a stirring, a mood felt in many workers’ meetings, on picket lines and doorsteps. What started as disappointment in Labour is now giving way to anger for many British workers and their communities. “Aren’t […]
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Birmingham bin workers have today (April 14) overwhelmingly rejected a partial offer from council, branding it ‘totally inadequate’. Hundreds of refuse workers, members of Unite, voted overwhelmingly to reject the deal, which still includes substantial pay cuts for workers. The offer also did not address potential pay cuts for 200 drivers. The industrial dispute escalated […]
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Unite is calling on people to join them tomorrow (Tuesday 15) at the Council House in Birmingham’s Victoria Square when the union will be delivering a petition to Birmingham City Council. The petition in support of the more than 350 Birmingham bin workers are on strike, due to the council’s decision to abolish the safety […]
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Our UNITElive top news story of August 2 is the great result for around 150 South Gloucestershire bin workers ending their strike after Unite secured an improved pay offer.
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Unite has slammed South Gloucestershire council’s open letter to both the union and Suez as a ‘pretend intervention to cover its back’. The letter, regarding all out pay strikes by 150 Suez workers, demands to know “what actions have been taken to date to settle the industrial action and to set out how you will […]
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In a resounding show of unity and determination, striking HGV drivers in Coventry have voted to renew their strike mandate and continue industrial action into the summer. Putting pressure on Coventry…Read more…
Bin strikes in Bexley, South London, have officially ended following the ratification of a pay deal between refuse collectors and their employer Serco, Unite said today (September 2). The deal…Read more…
Planned strikes by refuse workers employed by Suez Recycling and Recovery Ltd, on the outsourced Doncaster council contract, have been suspended after the company acted on the concerns of Unite. The…Read more…
Thousands of Doncaster residents could be affected by Christmas bin strikes in a dispute over bullying and harassment of workers by management. The Doncaster refuse and recycling contract is…Read more…
The possibility of strikes involving refuse workers employed by waste company Biffa on the Wirral council contract has ended after members agreed to an improved pay offer. The workers who are members…Read more…
In the latest chapter of the Birmingham bin strike saga, Unite met Birmingham council yet again at the High Court this morning (February 28) as the council now seeks an injunction – using Tory…Read more…
Unite has rescheduled tomorrow’s (February 26) intended Birmingham bin strike as a ‘gesture of goodwill’ in a bid to break the deadlock. Three days of peace talks, hosted by the conciliation…Read more…
Unite will begin balloting Birmingham bin workers tomorrow (February 22) over grave concerns about the council risking the safety of workers and the general public by ignoring the 2017 High Court…Read more…
Unite Birmingham bin workers took their first day of strike action today (February 19) — one that’s been described as ‘rock solid’. Unite assistant general secretary…Read more…
Members of Unite employed by Birmingham council on its refuse collection service will begin strike action tomorrow (February 19), in a dispute over ‘secret payments’ and blacklisting. Picket…Read more…
The High Court said that a full trial must be held as quickly as possible as Unite sought an injunction against Birmingham City Council for breaking a 2017 agreement that ended a long-running bin…Read more…
As Birmingham bin workers prepare for strike action from Tuesday (February 19), Birmingham City Council faced Unite this morning (February 13) at a preliminary High Court hearing in London. …Read more…
Birmingham council was accused of acting in a deceitful and deliberately misleading manner by Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, after peace talks aimed at preventing next week’s bin strikes…Read more…