“Workers, the people of Birmingham, and now a large section of Labour Politicians want to see an end to this strike.”
By Strike Map
Today (2 December), Strike Map has published a call to end the Birmingham Bin Strike signed by 115 Labour Party MPs and Councillors. Strike Map, a worker-powered and funded map of industrial action, which has mapped 230,000 strikes since 2020, has been collecting signatures of Labour Party politicians as the Birmingham Bin Strike enters its eighth month all out.
This call, signed by many Labour MPs and Councillors, comes the day after a successful ‘Mega Rally’ across all sites in Birmingham, as agency workers employed by Job & Talent, joined the strike after the circulation of a video showing the agency threatening workers with being ‘blacklisted’ from working for Birmingham City Council.
Strike Map co-founder Henry Fowler said: “Whether it be in opinion polls or at the ballot box, the Labour Party are facing electoral oblivion in the city of Birmingham. Over the past eight months, we have organised ‘Megapickets’, the largest picket lines for a generation, showing the support for these workers. Workers, the people of Birmingham, and now a large section of Labour Politicians want to see an end to this strike.”
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:
“Birmingham council will only resolve this dispute when it stops the appalling treatment of its workforce.
“Agency workers have now joined with directly employed staff to stand up against the massive injustices done to them.
“Instead of wasting millions more of council taxpayers’ money fighting a dispute it could be settled justly for a fraction of the cost, the council needs to return to talks with Unite and put forward a fair deal for all bin workers. Strikes will not end until they do.”
Read the list of signatures that have signed this call here.
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