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Birmingham bin collection services suspended as agency staff join picket lines

Unite the Union said around 40 agency workers had joined city-wide protests amid claims of bullying and health and safety concerns.

Evening Standard

All Birmingham bin collections suspended as agency workers walk out

The agency staff were initially brought in to maintain services during the strike

The Independent UK

Agency staff to join Birmingham bin strike over bullying and harassment claims

Agency staff who continued working during the long-running dispute will take part in industrial action after alleging unsafe workloads

The Guardian - UK

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Union accuses council of ‘abhorrent’ practices and calls for leader to quit

Unite’s National Lead Officer said workers involved in Birmingham’s bin strike remain in determined mood despite an alleged ‘fire and rehire’ threat.

Evening Standard

Reform a ‘racist and far-right’ party, says teaching union after Farage attack – as it happened

NEU leader says union is ‘living rent free’ in Farage’s head after the politician accused him of ‘poisoning the minds of our kids’

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re not a third world country, we’re England’: anger rises as Birmingham’s bin strike takes toll on locals

With the city’s refuse collectors still on the picket line after four weeks, residents are pointing the finger of blame at the council

The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to step in over Tata’s plans to close steelworks days after election

Owner of plants in south Wales says it could cease operations at blast furnaces in response to strike action

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Shameless Health Secretary Steve Barclay heckled at £150-a-head NHS birthday meal while skint nurses forced to live off food banks

There were loud shouts and boos as former Prime Minister Theresa May arrived as large numbers of police officers kept protesters away.

Daily Mirror

NHS strike on February 6 to be biggest EVER as nurses and paramedics walk out on same day

NHS Providers director of policy Miriam Deakin says the government’s disastrous handling of the NHS has brought nurses and ambulance staff to breaking point - and the workers to the picket line

Daily Mirror

What's on the table to end NHS strike as nurses could get cash - or backdated pay

One minute you'll see nurses maybe getting a cash payment - the next minute the Tories are cracking down on the right to strike. It seems both could be true, but one might be more true than the other...

Daily Mirror

NHS staff told to WORK HARDER as pay talks with Tories branded 'an insult' to nurses

Health Secretary Steve Barclay was today accused of insulting NHS staff, who the Tories roundly hailed and applauded for their dedication at the height of Covid

Daily Mirror

NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions

Talks described ‘bitterly disappointing’ – but health secretary will consider one-off payment

The Independent UK

NHS strikes to go ahead as union talks with Steve Barclay end with little progress

Unions say ‘no resolution is in sight’ after ‘bitterly disappointing’ meetings with Government

Evening Standard

Paramedics and nurses to walk out on strike again after talks collapse

“The Government have missed yet another opportunity… We came here in good faith.”

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NHS strikes will go ahead as talks end with no deal - despite hopes of one-off payment

An 'angry' Unite rep blasted 'insulting' Health Secretary Steve Barclay for offering no deal after talks lasting an hour - despite Rishi Sunak and Downing Street hinting a cash offer could be on the table

The Independent UK

Unite ambulance workers to stage further strike

Unite said its ambulance members will walk out on January 23.

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