Shadow Chancellor will join McDonalds workers again today Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will today join a protest at 10 Downing Street by McDonald’s fast food workers demanding decent wages, job […]
Strike scheduled for 28 and 29 August A two-day strike action by members of the PCS union working at Stockport’s Universal Credit centre is scheduled to proceed late this month […]
Unfair job grading would have penalised customer service workers Customer service assistants employed by Sandwell council have secured a substantial wage rise after the council backed down in a pay […]
HMRC staff take strike action today over office closures at Ealing Tax workers in the PCS union will take strike action from midday in their battle to prevent office closures. […]
Court action begins today in the dispute between unions and Birmingham City Council over the council’s continued failure to correct its actions after Acas mediation talks break down Unite and […]
Chief Whip of Birmingham City Council’s controlling Labour group resigns in protest at the council’s anti-union behaviour Kerry Jenkins, the Chief Whip of Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) Labour group – […]
The SKWAWKBOX has covered at length the abysmal behaviour of Birmingham City Council (BCC) – over a period of a year and a half and still ongoing – toward its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]