Mastodawn

“It’s a rogue council, and it’s a rogue government. They’re hiding behind the equal pay issue”

Birmingham bin workers defiant on the picket line - World Socialist Web Site

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/01/jsvb-f01.html

Birmingham bin workers defiant on the picket line

Workers said they had not waged a year-long fight to accept a lump-sum payoff that fails to compensate for their major loss of earnings, legitimizes downgraded roles, and paves the way for unsafe working conditions.

World Socialist Web Site

Waste Badger Oct 24, 2025

#BirminghamBinStrike could cost council £26m if deal isn't reached by March

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2025-10-23/bin-strike-could-cost-council-26m-if-deal-isnt-reached-by-march
#BinStrikes

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Cai Jul 12, 2025

Labour say Unite’s demands would “undermine equal pay, discriminating against female workers”. But surely it is the paymasters who “undermine equal pay” through… what they choose to pay people, not workers in a specific job asking for a fair wage? Literally how can unequal pay be blamed on the union or the bin strikers? Am I missing something?
#BirminghamUK #BirminghamBinStrike

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jul 11, 2025

Fix the problems you were elected to fix.
Or, go on freebies and waste time for 6 months....

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-unite-union-labour-birmingham-bin-strike-b2787204.html

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #AngelaRayner #Labour #Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #Unite #UnionStrong

Labour in clash with unions as Unite suspends Rayner’s membership and says party is not on side of workers

General secretary Sharon Graham said the deputy prime minister ‘has had every opportunity to intervene and resolve this dispute’ over Birmingham’s bin strike

The Independent

Adé Adeyemo May 17, 2025

I'm representing @libdems this Sunday, 18 May, on BBC Politics Midlands, presented by Elizabeth Glinka.

Also appearing on the show are Paulette Hamilton, MP for Birmingham Erdington and Ben Adams, Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.

We will be discussing the continuing bin strikes in Birmingham, the state of maternity services in the UK and the Assisted Dying Bill, which was debated on Friday in parliament.

The programme will be broadcast on BBC1, 10:00 - 10:30 in the Midlands

If you can't watch it live, you can catch up on the BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dk0y

#bbcmtd #PoliticsMidlands #Solihull #SolihullLibDems #WMLibDems #Politics #Midlands #BBC #Birmingham #BinStrike #BirminghamBinStrike #MaternityServices #AssistedDying

BBC One - Politics Midlands

Elizabeth Glinka with the latest political news, interviews and debate.

BBC

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Apr 25, 2025

People perhaps surprised that the Right Wing in the UK seems to be sticking with Ukraine rather than go all traitor like the US but you forget that Brits love a war....even if we don't have any soldiers to fight one, but we do like a war...

I hear we didn't have enough troops to cover the Bin Strike in Birmingham 😬

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Ukraine #Russia #BirminghamBinStrike