Skip navigation

Indymedia UK is a network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues

Brummies rise up against their shity council

IMCista | 06.02.2008 03:02 | Workers' Movements | Birmingham

Over 3,000 people gathered yesterday in Victoria Square, Birmingham, in solidarity with thousands of Council workers who were on strike to protest against planned wage cuts. Like many other councils, in their implementation of the national 'single status' agreement, Birmingham City Council is waging a vicious attack on low-paid workers in the name of 'equal pay'.


















Up to 20,000 workers joined the biggest industrial action in the city in 30 years. Pickets were mounted across the city and even some Councillors vowed to not cross the picket line. Over 120 schools, 24 libraries, 11 leisure centres and 22 neighbourhood offices were all shut.

IMCista

Comments

Hide the following 3 comments

wow

06.02.2008 16:12

go brummies, go, when is the next strike, let us other midlanders know some of us maybe able to get there. Inspirational this should be happening nationally. How much support are Unites & Unisons hq's giving to this? hope they go all the way!

green syndicalist

...ditto

06.02.2008 18:07

wicked to see strikers on the streets!

A

And where was that fetching banner?

06.02.2008 19:04

You know the one with Birmingham Shitty Council on it?

banner fancier

Links

Indymedia
Hidden posts
Wiki Workspace

Campaigns
4wardever Campaign
Birmingham Critical Mass
West Midlands No Borders
Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice
Save Our Blood Service
West Midlands Industrial Workers of the World

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech