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A summer of strikes by bin workers in Birmingham has caused a political crisis for the Labour-run council.

 Hundreds of strikers and their supporters demanded the Labour council stops cuts and backs workers

The political crisis caused by the Birmingham bin strike came to a head on Monday night.

Birmingham city council sent me a letter last week saying I was being made redundant. It came like a bolt from the blue.

Birmingham bin workers returned to the picket line at short notice this morning, Friday, after the council reneged on a deal

Through a sustained and escalating series of strikes, refuse workers in Birmingham have stopped the Labour council’s attack on their terms and conditions.

Refuse workers in Birmingham are stepping up their action today, Friday, with a new strike timetable that even bosses say will bring bin collections to a halt.

Refuse collectors in Birmingham are on strike for the fifth week against a Labour council's plan to tear up their agreed working conditions.

Bin workers in Birmingham are waging a heroic fight against the Labour council’s funding cuts. Labour councils often condemn Tory austerity while passing it on.

Birmingham workers are fighting for their livelihoods against vicious council cuts, reports Dave Sewell

Refuse workers struck across Birmingham for almost five hours last Friday and for two hours on Monday.

An Islamophobic scheme to accuse Muslims of taking over Birmingham schools was further exposed as a lie last week. Sadie Robinson says the scandal is how Muslims were demonised