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 […]
As the SKWAWKBOX reported last month, the dramatic suspension of Sandwell council leader Steve Eling – a close ally of right-wing Labour MPs Tom Watson and John Spellar – by […]
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’ […]
Sandwell council cabinet member Steve Trow has been accused by local Labour figures of falsifying minutes relating to a meeting that resulted in the suspension of a leading female councillor. […]
As the SKWAWKBOX broke exclusively last month, the leader of Sandwell council in the West Midlands – an ally of Tom Watson and John Spellar in the heartland of the […]
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 […]
As the SKWAWKBOX reported on Tuesday, the trial of Sandwell councillor Bob Piper on charges of racially aggravated harassment was called off at the eleventh hour, after Piper accepted a […]
In further drama in the West Midlands borough of Sandwell, the court hearing scheduled to take place at Walsall magistrates’ court tomorrow morning to hear charges of racially-aggravated assault against […]
As the drama of yesterday’s sudden acquittal of local blogger Julian Saunders began to recede, Labour councillors in the West Midlands borough of Sandwell gathered for the ‘Labour group’ meeting […]