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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
The period since the last SKWAWKBOX update at the turn of the month has been particularly busy, as the Tories’ Brexit plans unravelled and the situation became incredibly fluid. Below are […]
Union members at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead are united in a rolling strike action to defend their jobs after the company announced plans to make around forty percent […]