Birmingham

Hull strikers refuse to be treated like trash
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Hull strikers refuse to be treated like trash

Drivers at a Wilmington FCC waste management depot in Hull began a seven-day strike last Friday.
06 March 2018
Service users fight Labour council's plans to close their adult day care centre
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Service users fight Labour council’s plans to close their adult day care centre

Service users and their families are fighting to save their vital adult day care centre from the brutal cuts of Birmingham council.
15 February 2018
Birmingham home care workers plan strikes to save the service
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Birmingham home care workers plan strikes to save the service

Home care workers in Birmingham were set to strike for a second time between 12 noon and 2.30pm on Tuesday of next week.
30 January 2018
Birmingham home care workers strike for jobs, the service and against brutal shift changes
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Birmingham home care workers strike for jobs, the service and against brutal shift changes

Hundreds of striking home care workers marched through snow in Birmingham declaring they would fight to defend the service they provide.
20 January 2018
Hundreds of Birmingham care workers set to strike over cuts and rotas
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Hundreds of Birmingham care workers set to strike over cuts and rotas

Hundreds of vital workers in Birmingham are striking to save a home care service from cuts.
16 January 2018
The great ‘Trojan Horse’ hoax
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Ruling in case of Tahir Alam relating to the Trojan Horse hoax to be withheld

A tribunal ruling relating to a man embroiled in the Trojan Horse hoax in Birmingham will not be published—even though the hearing was public.
02 January 2018
Birmingham bin workers’ strikes win big concessions from Labour council
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Birmingham bin workers’ strikes win big concessions from Labour council

Birmingham bin workers have defeated the Labour-run council’s attack on their jobs—but at a cost.
28 November 2017
The great ‘Trojan Horse’ hoax
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The great ‘Trojan Horse’ hoax

A new book uncovers how the Tories used the Birmingham schools Trojan Horse ‘scandal’ to push an Islamophobic agenda
24 November 2017
Murder, intrigue and politics make Peaky Blinders great
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Murder, intrigue and politics make Peaky Blinders great

Hit series gets its dramatic power from looking at world events. It doesn’t sugar-coat politics and it takes its audience seriously, argues Hope Ryan
21 November 2017
Meeting says no to Trojan Horse lies
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Meeting says no to Trojan Horse lies

Hundreds of people joined a meeting in Birmingham last week about the Trojan Horse allegations—despite attempts to stop it.
07 November 2017
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Birmingham bin workers solidarity campaign launched

Up to 60 people—including ten bin workers—attended a meeting in support of the Birmingham bin workers on Tuesday of last week.
10 October 2017
Birmingham bin workers shouldn’t take any rubbish from council during pause
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Birmingham bin workers shouldn’t take any rubbish from council during pause

Birmingham bin workers suspended their programme of industrial action after the High Court ruled against council bosses last week.
26 September 2017