As with the previous events staged in May and July last year, the performative “solidarity” on show was a bogus affair, ...

Dozens of Birmingham bin workers were joining a third city-wide 'megapicket' today, Friday, January 30, as disruption to waste services continues into 2026. Refuse collectors were joining the major ...

Refuse collections in Birmingham were suspended on Friday as a fresh union demonstration was held in support of bin workers involved in a long-running dispute over pay.

The Birmingham bins strike has dragged on into its second year - which means the council still can't reintroduce the garden ...

Garden waste collections are not being reintroduced in Birmingham for the time being as the bin strike continues to cause disruption. The seasonal service was suspended last spring due to the ...

Hold-ups caused outside depots in Perry Barr and Atlas by protesters independent of Unite union pickets ...

Birmingham City Council’s financial monitoring report estimates strike action by refuse workers will cost the local authority £14.6m.

Hundreds of waste collectors in dispute against Birmingham City Council (BCC) are facing a co-ordinated assault, including the possible national mobilisation by the Labour government. Since March 11, ...

A community activist has threatened a ‘council tax strike’ as Birmingham bins strike protesters gathered for an ‘enough is ...

Birmingham residents have been urged to stop paying their Council Tax from 1st April 2026 in protest against the city's ...

All bin collections across Birmingham have been suspended after agency staff, initially brought in to maintain services during an ongoing bin strike, staged their own walkout. The protests, including ...

Trash piles up across Birmingham during the city's garbage strike that began in January. Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Martin Mullaney courtesy of Courthouse News) MANCHESTER, England (CN) — A monthslong ...