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Excl: leak shows Birmingham’s ‘Labour’ council trying to use Thatcher law v bin strike – and its excuse beggars belief

14/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

Dispute over Birmingham’s refuse collection services takes bizarre turn as council stretches credulity in attempt to use Thatcher-era anti-union laws to block strike over discriminatory payments The twists and turns […]

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Breaking: Unite plans 10 strike days as Birmingham bin dispute escalates

04/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

Last week the SKWAWKBOX covered the breakdown of talks between Birmingham City Council (BCC) and the Unite and Unison unions, over the council’s failure to engage meaningfully with the unions’ […]

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Birmingham bin strike to ‘escalate’ after council’s lack of meaningful response

02/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 3 Comments

Birmingham City Council (BCC) triggered a lengthy dispute with Unite and Unison members of its refuse collection force by making an extra payment to GMB members who did not participate […]

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Leaked emails accuse Birmingham council leader, officers over bin-strike

21/01/2019by SKWAWKBOX 3 Comments

Last Friday, all Birmingham City Council (BCC) Labour councillors received a set of emails from Majid Mahmood, their colleague who had resigned only days earlier as cabinet member for waste […]

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Birmingham Council cancels Acas meeting with unions re bin strike because not ready

18/01/2019by SKWAWKBOX 1 Comment

Birmingham City Council (BCC) is embroiled in a dispute with the Unite and Unison unions over BCC’s extra payment to GMB members among its refuse collectors who did not participate […]

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Pressure on Birmingham council as bins chief resigns over ‘declaration of war’ on unions

15/01/2019by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

Councillor Majid Mahmood has resigned as Birmingham City Council (BCC) head of waste management in a move that will pile pressure on BCC over the long-running bins dispute. Unison and […]

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Breaking: B’ham bin workers respond to council ‘bad faith’ with massive vote for action

14/12/2018by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

Refuse collectors in Birmingham successfully took industrial action in 2017 after Birmingham City Council (BCC) reneged on a pay agreement and tried to coerce workers into backing down with a threat […]

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Cohen’s misogynist article shows him and his employer flailing for relevance

11/03/2018by SKWAWKBOX 14 Comments

Someone once wrote – the reference escapes for the moment – that Nick Cohen was so outraged and sidelined by the Corbyn phenomenon and the rise of the actual left […]

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SKWAWKBOX 2017 in review: exclusives, narratives, impact and more

31/12/2017by SKWAWKBOX 14 Comments

It’s been quite a year. At the beginning of 2017, the SKWAWKBOX was a relatively unknown publication that had made enough splashes since its reboot in late summer 2016 to […]

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Birmingham bin strike ‘over’? Not quite yet..

26/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

As the SKWAWKBOX reported on Friday, Birmingham City Council (BCC) has agreed a ‘new’ deal – in reality a version of the old one that BCC reneged on, unnecessarily prolonging […]

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