US EditionUnite Union Cuts Labour Funding by 40% over Birmingham Bin Strike
Unite will consult members on continued Labour affiliation after reducing its payment by £580,000 amid anger over Labour's handling of a year-long Birmingham bin strike.
- On the 12-month anniversary of the all-out Birmingham bin strikes, Unite voted to cut its Labour affiliation by 40%, saving £580,000.
- Amid claims a negotiated deal was blocked by government-backed commissioners, Unite moved to cut affiliation, citing member anger over Labour's handling of the Birmingham dispute.
- Unite said it will formally consult members on continued affiliation and called the decision unprecedented, stating 'Labour's incompetent behaviour in Birmingham has come on the back of a failed economic strategy, that has left our industrial base fighting for its life'.
- Birmingham City Council has brought in agency staff for general waste collections while Coun Majid Mahmood announced a phased rollout of food waste collections from June this year, and a Communities and Local Government Department spokesperson urged an end to the dispute.
- Unite, last year criticized Labour’s handling of Birmingham strikes and warned ties could be fully cut; now it is reducing its Labour affiliation by 40%.
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Unite has voted to cut the affiliation fee it pays to the Labour party by 40% in response to the ongoing Birmingham bin worker dispute. The trade union, which is Labour’s largest affiliate, said the move to cut its funding to the Labour party by £580,000 from £1.45 million was “unprecedented and shows the anger of Unite members”. A series of one day Birmingham bin worker strikes started on 6 January, while their all-out strike began a year ago t…
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