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Overflowing Bins, Stalled Talks: What’s Behind Birmingham’s Bin Strike?
- Over 350 waste collection employees in Birmingham commenced an indefinite strike on March 11, 2025, in protest against proposed pay reductions and changes to their job roles at council depots.
- The strike resulted from Birmingham City Council's plan to remove the Waste Collection Recycling Officer role, which Unite estimates could cut pay by up to £8,000 for about 150 workers.
- The dispute caused waste collection delays that piled up roughly 12,800 tonnes of rubbish, and negotiations have stalled despite ongoing talks and assurances about picket conduct.
- Police deployed nearly 1,800 officers over 11 weeks at a cost close to £850,000, while an interim High Court injunction was granted on May 23 to restrict obstructive picketing at three depots.
- The strike’s continuation worsens public health risks, intensifies council financial strain, and deepens divisions between workers, unions, the council, and local residents.
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Injunction over pickets in strike by bin workers to continue indefinitely
Members of Unite have been on all-out strike since March 11 in a row over pay and jobs in Birmingham. A court order to stop bin lorries being blocked from leaving depots amid a long-running strike in Birmingham will continue indefinitely, a council has said. Birmingham City Council said the injunction sets out expected behaviour from pickets and will ensure that protests at its three depots are in accordance with legal provisions. An interim inj…
Due to the national waste strike that the FNV trade union has announced for 2, 3 and 4 June, extra waste will be collected in the city in the coming days. Because that will probably not be enough to prevent the extra waste nuisance that this will cause, the municipality also calls on people to wait as long as possible before throwing away waste. Alderman Hester van Buren reports this in a letter that was sent to council members in the Sustainabi…
Several municipalities are adjusting their waste collection next week due to a three-day strike in the waste sector. Employees at more than ten waste processing and transhipment locations are laying down their work, according to FNV. The union disagrees with a government plan to scrap a planned levy on plastic for companies. The union fears that the 567 million euros that the measure was supposed to yield annually from 2028 will be passed on to …
Injunction over pickets in strike by bin workers to continue indefinitely - Jersey Evening Post
A court order to stop bin lorries being blocked from leaving depots amid a long-running strike in Birmingham will continue indefinitely, a council has said. Birmingham City Council said the injunction sets out expected behaviour from pickets and will ensure that protests at its three depots are in accordance with legal provisions. An interim injunction was granted on May 23 until a hearing on Thursday, but the council said the court had ratified…
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