Brum bin strike concludes with a payout
NOVANEWS
A new deal was concluded in March to appease workers’ anger at secret payouts to GMB members during the 2017 strike.
Those on the ‘left’ of Labour are as ready as those on the right to stab workers in the back – claiming to be staunch defenders of workers’ rights as they do.
The bin workers of Birmingham saw their magnificent strike campaign of 2017 sold short thanks to Labour treachery and social-democratic leadership.
When the workers started the strike they were working a four-day week (made up of 10-hour shifts) and were running a system of three-man crews (a driver, loader and leading hand) for each wagon. When the strike ended, they had managed to hold on to the three-man system (under attack by the council) but had lost 52 rest days a year, having been moved onto...