These are welcome and significant comments from the president of the Bakers Union.
Trade unions are the backbone of our movement. Without them, the bosses would be able to run amok.
But unions don’t have a political voice at the moment.
The Labour Party was set up to provide political representation for the unions and the working class but that has been long forgotten. Labour now is a party of the corporations and the elite.
We’ve got an opportunity to change that. If Ian Hodson is saying it publicly then you know that others are thinking along the same lines!
If you’re in a union, use whatever levers you have to lead the discussion about who they support politically.
It shouldn’t be Labour!
Labour want us to take our own waste to the mobile waste centres… sit in queues, dirty our cars, then go home and clean the mess. But what about the elderly, the vulnerable, or those who don’t drive? 
Council tax is higher than ever, yet services are worse than ever. Pay bin workers fairly and restore collections! 
#Birmingham #BinStrike #CouncilTax
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There’s a big unanswered question here: how exactly did Birmingham City Council decide which youth centres to keep and which to cut?
Naseby Youth Centre sits in the heart of Alum Rock – nearby Ward End an area crying out for youth support to tackle rising knife crime, anti-social behaviour, and lack of opportunities. Yet it’s being shutdown.
Steve Kay was brought in from Rochdale with no real understanding of Birmingham’s inner-city needs. His leadership has been out of touch at best – damaging at worst. Now he’s leaving, and our young people are the ones paying the price.
We need answers, transparency, and above all: support where it’s needed most.
May 2026 make your vote count!
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We need a political party in Birmingham that won’t close day centres that are needed by the most vulnerable.
It wasn’t a necessity, it was a choice to close the four day centres used by people with disabilities.
Just like it has been a choice to attack the bin workers and force them to take strike action to defend their pay and conditions.
In Birmingham, we have a gutless, heartless Labour administration controlled by Keir Starmer in London that has overseen savage austerity and surrendered control of its decisions to unelected commissioners paid £1200 a day to slash our public services.
We need to get Labour out next May and return power to the working class people of our city.
Link: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-families-lose-court-case-32107752?fbclid=IwY2xjawMeMuJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFZYkRld1p2WnR3a2xXaHpxAR6nPNK_SMPi9c4k27FJW7A-eZjSO045QqYv7z_BddjxDabUc57DQiMNzy74Lg_aem_aRRzyNmepcqEpghERVLPCg