Stockport Universal Credit workers’ strike to go ahead end of August
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 […]
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Sandwell council staff win major wage rise as council backs down in pay dispute
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 to strike from midday today over office closures
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. […]
Birmingham council failure forces unions to go to court to resolve bin dispute
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 […]
Excl: Labour group chief whip resigns in protest at BCC abuse of unions
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 – […]
Breaking: WMids Labour refers Birmingham council leader/deputy to NEC over care-worker and bin disputes
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 […]
Excl: leak shows Birmingham’s ‘Labour’ council trying to use Thatcher law v bin strike – and its excuse beggars belief
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 bin strike to ‘escalate’ after council’s lack of meaningful response
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 Council cancels Acas meeting with unions re bin strike because not ready
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 […]
Pressure on Birmingham council as bins chief resigns over ‘declaration of war’ on unions
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 […]