Unite For A Workers' Economy

Birmingham's streets are full of stinking rubbish, with fly-tipping on the rise, and Birmingham City Council sitting back and letting it happen. There's one way to end this - a new deal, a proper deal that means refuse workers don't lose hundreds of pounds a month. They live in…

“Where’s the working-class people? They should be running our country, not people pretending they’re working class because they’ve had a pint in a pub.” Spot on from @MrDDyer telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/07/18/…

Ain’t it funny how people at the higher echelons of society like Lord/Baron Finkelstein have all the answers when it comes to why a wealth tax wouldn’t work, but seem flummoxed to justify why a striking bin worker should accept an £8,000 pay cut? @UnionSteveW @fbunational

Independent MP for Perry Barr @AyoubKhanMP, asking in Parliament today why commissioners appointed by @AngelaRayner blocked a deal to end the #BirminghamBinStrike last week. Perry Barr is home to one of the refuse workers’ picket lines. Let’s get a fair deal on the table now -…

Voices from across the movement support the #Brumbinstrike and condemn The Labour Party's use of #firerehire. Thanks to @FranHeathcote and @pcs_union for their support. ✊

When I was elected @unitetheunion GS, I promised to uncover the truth about allegations of historical corruption, particularly in relation to the Birmingham Hotel and Conference Centre. I can now provide information from the independent inquiries I commissioned, through this…

Max Caller, Lead Commissioner at Birmingham City Council, is on his way out. Let's look at his legacy: 🚨Allowed essential bin workers to be threatened with £8k pay cuts 🚨Sold off £56m worth of assets belonging to Birmingham's people 🚨Closed community centres, libraries, and…

The real kudos lies with @orgreavejustice for their relentless campaigning, but let’s give some credit to @UKLabour for coming good on their promise. It shows they can stand with workers when they choose - let’s hope they do so soon and intervene in the Birmingham bins strike.

Congratulations to our friends at ⁦⁦@orgreavejustice⁩ - your tenacity and perseverance forced this enquiry. We must now ensure it leaves no stone unturned in uncovering the horrific injustices perpetuated on miners, their families and communities. unitetheunion.org/news-events/ne…

Thanks to @UnionSteveW and @fbunational for their solidarity to the striking Birmingham bin workers on Politics Live today. An £8,000 pay cut for any worker is completely unacceptable & for it to be happening under a @UKLabour council is obscene - the @UKLabour govt must…

When @UKLabour calls £8,000 pay cuts a fair deal, turns its back on striking bin workers & embraces agency workers brought in to break the strike - what do they expect unions to do? This is happening in a Labour council - the Labour govt must intervene. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…

Thank you to ⁦⁦⁦@fbunational⁩ for the solidarity shown to the Birmingham bin strikers. "It's a disgrace that a Labour-led council forced these dedicated public servants to go on strike by attempting to cut their pay by thousands of pounds." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Labour’s promise of a ban on fire and rehire is starting to ring hollow. Labour-run Birmingham Council is using fire and rehire to force through £8,000 pay cuts and bully bin workers back to work. This is being done with the full support of the Labour government, which instead…

Financial logic according to @BhamCityCouncil: 💰Former chief exec paid £470k in the year the council was declared bankrupt 💰Number of senior staff paid over £100k trebled in 3 years 💰Unelected commissioners paid up to £20k a month each ❌Slash bin workers pay by £8,000…