4 d. ago Agency refuse workers to join Birmingham bin strikers on picket lines

Unite said the number of agency workers who will join the strike action is ‘growing daily’.

Events

6 d. ago All Birmingham bin collections suspended as agency workers walk out

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

Economics

6 d. ago Instructor, 40, who forged 85 certificates in security training cover up that 'almost shut down Birmingham Airport' is spared jail

Shoaib Iqbal, 40, told investigators he had fallen behind on paperwork when in reality he had not conducted essential refresher training for dozens of staff.

Events

6 d. ago 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.

Politics

7 d. ago Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers to join picket lines

Unite said the number of agency workers who will join the strike action is ‘growing daily’.

Events

7 d. ago EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears

Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claimsA new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers.The agricultural industry sprays about 8m pounds of antibiotic and antifungal pesticides on US food crops annually, many of which are banned in other countries. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago ‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule

Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way outThe “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.“That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Families of Yemeni aid workers detained by Houthi rebels despair for their fate

Yemen's Houthi rebels have arrested dozens of workers with United Nations agencies, aid groups and nongovernmental organizations

Society

2 w. ago Birmingham bin strikes escalate with workers voting 'overwhelmingly' to extend walkouts which could now continue beyond next year's local elections

Unite the union said workers employed by Birmingham City Council will be joined on the picket lines by agency workers who were hired by Job & Talent to perform refuse work.

Politics

2 w. ago Agency staff covering for Birmingham bin strikers vote for strike of their own

Agency staff will now join directly employed Birmingham City Council workers on official picket lines from December 1

Politics

2 w. ago Agency workers covering for Birmingham bin strikers vote to join picket lines

By voting for industrial action, agency workers will now be able to join official picket lines from December 1, Unite the union said.

Politics