The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Around 100 council workers responsible for building and maintenance duties are poised to strike in February and March, raising concerns about potential disruption to housing repairs. The Unite union, representing the workers, announced the planned action, citing a broken agreement with the council.
Workers at a recently opened Amazon warehouse in Sutton Coldfield have walked out in protest of low wages. Around 60 members of the GMB union, representing a smaller portion of the 2,000-strong workforce, joined the picket line on Thursday (25 January) morning.
The bus strike, which has affected thousands of people across the region, has come to an end as National Express West Midlands drivers accepted a new pay deal on Saturday (25 March). Sunday services will resume on a reduced timetable while full scale services will be back to normal on Monday.
Strikes across the country and region are back on as of today as workers continue to take industrial action throughout January. With the end of last year marked by mass strikes by transport workers and staff at the NHS, Royal Mail, schools and the civil service; industrial unrest is set to continue as disputes between trade unions and the…
A rally of around 500 women has taken place in Birmingham, campaigning in defence of abortion rights in Poland. The pro-choice protest was held in response to Poland’s constitutional tribunal declaring that abortions in instances where a foetus is diagnosed with a serious and irreversible birth defect were unconstitutional.
Members of Unison and UCU unions at the University of Birmingham join student workers to take strike action against what they claim are unfair wages, a lack of pay rise in ten years and poor working conditions; in comparison to reportedly extravagant salaries being paid to senior management staff and The university’s Vice Chancellor David…
Birmingham has joined with other major cities across the UK in climate crisis demonstrations, as thousands joined school kids and students demanding for action on climate change. Around 3,000 people in Birmingham join in one of the largest youth-led demonstrations in history, where millions of people from Sydney to Mumbai took to the streets around…
Students all over the UK skipped school today to protest against the last of social awareness surrounding climate change. A rally in Birmingham attracted hundreds of pupils as schools up and down the country were missing young people, who decided to attend Youth Climate Change marches instead.
The Birmingham bin strikes are back on following a breakdown of talks between Birmingham City Council and the Unite union. 350 refuse collectors are to go back on strike in a row over how the previous strike was handled by the city council. Members of the Unite union have announced they will strike for two days a week…
An estimated 15,000 people joined a public sector trade unions march through Birmingham this afternoon, despite the city council refusing to agree a route following a dispute over road closures. Thousands of individuals on and supporting the national N30 strike ‘snaked’ through the city streets without official permission after the Birmingham City Council had demanded unions to…