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GKN Birmingham strike ballot begins

Aug 16, 2021By UNITElive

Workers at the GKN Automotive factory in Birmingham will begin receiving ballot papers from today (August 16) in the dispute over the decision by parent company GKN Melrose to close the site next…Read more…

Aug 16, 2021UNITElive

GKN workers take fight to Parliament

Jul 5, 2021By UNITElive

A group of workers employed at GKN Automotives in Birmingham will hold a lobby at Parliament tomorrow (July 6) in their campaign to prevent the factory from closing. The event will take place from…Read more…

Jul 5, 2021UNITElive

‘Excellent alternative business plan’

May 7, 2021By UNITElive

Members of Unite employed at GKN Birmingham have today (May 6), along with the joint consultative committee, presented an alternative business plan to the company’s senior management, as part of…Read more…

May 7, 2021UNITElive

Unite vows to overturn GKN’s Birmingham factory closure plans

Feb 10, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has announced that it is working on a rescue plan to secure the future of the GKN plant in Chester Road, Birmingham that produces drivelines for major automotive companies in the UK. The 500…Read more…

Feb 10, 2021UNITElive

‘Not quite lockdown’ for Brum  

Aug 25, 2020By UNITElive

It was announced today (August 25) that Birmingham City Council is to introduce a series of legally enforceable measures from tomorrow to try and contain the spread of Covid-19 apparently now taking…Read more…

Aug 25, 2020UNITElive

Impact of Covid-19 on homeless

May 23, 2020By John's Labour blog

Lola works in housing and is a member of my UNISON branch. I have a clash tomorrow but I have sent Lola a 3 minute video with our experience in Newham London and some ideas about the future. I will be watching later to find out what is happening in Bir…Read more…

May 23, 2020John's Labour blog

Birmingham university members strike

Jul 17, 2019By Dave Prentis blog

Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay

The article Birmingham university members strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Jul 17, 2019Dave Prentis blog

Peace deal stalled

Mar 6, 2019By UNITElive

Bin workers employed by Birmingham council are gearing up for fresh strike action this Friday (March 8) as progress on a potential peace deal has stalled.   Unite called on the council to turn…Read more…

Mar 6, 2019UNITElive

‘Goodwill gesture’

Feb 26, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Feb 26, 2019UNITElive

Birmingham council ‘riding roughshod’

Feb 21, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Feb 21, 2019UNITElive

‘Rock solid’ support

Feb 19, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Feb 19, 2019UNITElive

Brum bin strike to start

Feb 18, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Feb 18, 2019UNITElive

‘A disgrace’

Feb 13, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Feb 13, 2019UNITElive

Bin dispute talks collapse

Feb 12, 2019By UNITElive

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…

Feb 12, 2019UNITElive

‘Stop playing games’

Feb 7, 2019By UNITElive

Unite announced today (February 6) that it was seeking a high court injunction to stop Birmingham city council from breaking the agreement cemented in law that brought an end to 2017’s long-running…Read more…

Feb 7, 2019UNITElive

‘Treat our members fairly’ call

Feb 4, 2019By UNITElive

Unite has announced that over 300 refuse workers employed by Birmingham council will begin two days of strike action a week, starting Tuesday, February 19, in an escalation of the ongoing industrial…Read more…

Feb 4, 2019UNITElive

Drop ‘bully boy’ tactics call

Jan 31, 2019By UNITElive

Unite has said that the window of opportunity to settle the long running Birmingham bin dispute is coming to an end. If the dispute is not settled then industrial action will be escalated.  …Read more…

Jan 31, 2019UNITElive

‘Secret payments’ scandal

Jan 15, 2019By UNITElive

Unite accused Labour-led Birmingham city council of using Tory anti-trade union laws to attack its own workforce in a shameful defence of ‘secret payments’ today (January 15).   It follows a…Read more…

Jan 15, 2019UNITElive

‘Blacklisting payments’ row

Dec 14, 2018By UNITElive

Over 300 refuse collectors, working for Birmingham city council, have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in the blacklisting dispute over payments made to refuse workers who did not support…Read more…

Dec 14, 2018UNITElive

Birmingham City Council is cutting care workers’ hours at the expense of local people

Sep 24, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

Dozens of Birmingham care workers are planning to travel to Liverpool today (Monday) to lobby delegates attending the Labour Party Conference over the City Council’s plans to cut their hours.

The…Read more…

Sep 24, 2018Dave Prentis blog
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