Birmingham Bin Strike Picket

I went to join the pickets at Birmingham Bin Strike today at the depot in Tyseley.

Didn't see any trucks move this morning. The strike started in March when Labour controlled Birmingham City Council announced they were going to cut the pay of safety critical workers on the re-cycling trucks by £8,000 a year.

They followed this up with announcing they were also going to cut refuse vehicle drivers pay by £8,000 a year. Starmer and Rayner are now giving Birmingham City Council money to employ agency workers to break the strike.

Birmingham City Council are in a financial mess because the owe the government £3bn. Ask yourself this - why doesn't Starmer and Rayner write off Birmingham's debt then they would n't have to be giving the council money to employ agedncy workers to break the strike? The answers simple - Starmer wants to destroy the unions.