Inside Birmingham's 'resistance' where protesters have stood up for what they believe in
With the bin workers continuing their campaign of action we take a look back to some of the other strikes across the region
As Birmingham bin workers continue their strike with mountains of rubbish piling up on street corners and rats running wild in the city.
The Midlands has had its fair share of strikes over the years, with the 1978 'Winter of Discontent' and the many mass walkouts at Longbridge led by Derek Robinson, also known as 'Red Robbo'.
More recently, we have seen junior doctors outside our hospitals only last year in 2024, after starting a campaign in 2023 over pay.
Picket lines across rail stations across the country by members from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, were set up in 2023 and the ambulance staff walked out also in 2023.
3,100 National Express bus drivers walked out in a row over pay in March 2023, bringing public transport to a standstill in the city.
Again in 2023, teachers rallied in Centenary Square taking strike action in March over pay and conditions.
On the picket line at the Round Oak Steelworks in Brierley Hill, 1980, with police keeping a close eye on the crowds. This is now the site of Merry Hill. 26th February 1980.
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Strikers stand firm behind a makeshift barbed wire fence at the British Leyland plant in February 1979. The Winter of Discontent would come later that year, leading to the Thatcher election. 9th February 1979.
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The Miners' Strike of 1984/85 was the biggest industrial action since the 1926 General Strike. This is a Daw Mill Colliery, near Nuneaton. Tuesday 27th March 1984.
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Strikers and police clash at the Miners' Strike at Daw Mill Colliery near Nuneaton. Tuesday 27th March 1984.
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