Izzy Lepone 06 June 2025

Brum bin strikes could last 6 months longer

Brum bin strikes could last 6 months longer image
Rubbish bins in Birmingham City Centre. © Alex Daniels / Shutterstock.com.

Almost 400 Birmingham bin workers voted for continued strike action in a recent ballot.

The results of the ballot revealed 97% of workers backed further industrial action on a 75% turnout.

Following the outcome of the vote, Unite has confirmed the bin workers’ ongoing industrial action that began in January ‘could last until December’.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has declared ‘the strikes will continue for as long as it takes’, emphasising that ‘Unite will not allow these workers to be financially ruined’.

The union recently rejected a pay offer proposed by the Government to end the strikes, which Graham has labelled ‘watered down’, ‘weeks late’ and inconsistent with the ‘ballpark offer discussed during Acas talks in May’.

‘The decision makers at Birmingham council need to get in the room and put forward an acceptable offer’, Graham added.

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