Birmingham City Council

Unite union began all-out strike more than a year ago and city remains without full waste collection service.

The union votes in favour of an "unprecedented" £580,000 cut, due to anger over ongoing action.

Householders describe recycling piled up in homes, sporadic waste collections and rat problems.

Striking bin worker Danny Taylor said, "It is a recognisable folk song reworked to portray the striking bin workers targeted by a Labour council. We ...

Striking Birmingham bin workers protest outside the city council building, April 15, 2025 ... It sets a far-reaching legal precedent for the extension ...

Agency worker collections have been disrupted on several occasions over allegations striking workers had blocked lorries from leaving depots. The ...

Striking bin worker Maxine Stanley says she will still "stand strong" despite financial pressures.

... workers picket line. Photo: @unitewestmids / X. Michael Lavalette spoke with Matthew Reid, Unite Convenor at Birmingham City Council whose members ...

Bin strikes across Birmingham are set to continue for at least seven more months after workers voted to extend industrial action into September.

Throughout the dispute, the council has employed agency workers to collect household waste, but at times, piles of rubbish have grown on pavements and ...

With no end in sight to the year long dispute the BBC looks at what has to happen for it to end.

Strike Map said that the proposed ban, which was applied for on Tuesday, would effectively ban protesters from delaying refuse lorries from leaving ...

The workers have been on strike for over a year, since January 6, 2025, and on indefinite strike since March last year. They are opposing the Labour- ...

Striking Birmingham bin workers spoke with the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on Friday as they picketed at Perry Barr and Smithfield, two of three ...

Refuse workers in Birmingham vow to continue as they enter their second continuous year of strike action.

To prevent their strike being crushed, refuse workers must fight to mobilise solidarity action by all sections of the working class in Birmingham and ...

It's exactly a year since bin workers in Birmingham staged their first walkout.

Bin workers protest outside home secretary's office · Agency staff warned of blacklisting over strike · Bin strike anger boils over in council meeting.

"Workers deserve respect, residents deserve reliable services, and council taxpayers deserve value for money, transparency, and accountability." 'Made ...

Since then, neither Unite (the union representing refuse workers in negotiations) nor Birmingham City Council have been able to find a compromise that ...