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Talks between the Unite union and Birmingham City Council to end the bin strikes have adjourned without agreement, according to the union. Members of the union walked out on 11 March in a dispute ...
Bins union Unite has today called on the Government to 'bring the strike to an end' that's blighting Birmingham. Union chiefs spoke out after its 400 bins members at the city council voted ...
Activists for Unite, the union behind the bin strikes, have called for colleagues to join alliances with 'lefty Greens', other trade unionists and 'free Palestine activists' in a new coalition.
Twenty-thousand tonnes of rubbish have now been cleared as the strike enters its fifth week but there is no sign of a resolution with the Unite union. Birmingham City Council leader John Cotton ...
Unite the Union is currently campaigning against plans to cut a post from Birmingham's refuse and recycling service, which it says will lead to hundreds of its members having their pay cut by up ...
The Government has stepped in and attempted to prompt an end to the deadlock and had urged the Unite union to accept the deal. A rat runs towards rubbish bags in Poplar Road in Birmingham (Jacob ...
Birmingham City Council confirmed on Wednesday that Majid Mahmood had quit Unite the Union. In a statement, he said his decision was "in light of the violence and intimidation" on the picket lines ...
French firm Veolia has managed waste collection services in Sheffield since 2001, yet recently came under pressure from the union Unite to be awarded official union recognition. Unite members have ...