Some 20,000 council workers in Birmingham have voted to go on strike in a row over pay restructuring. Staff at the city council were balloted over industrial action after the council announced it was imposing it's single status pay structure on the workforce. Unions claim some people could lose as much as £18,000 per year, life altering amounts for the workers affected.

Across Birmingham council workers gathered on Tuesday morning to strike and protest against wage cuts. Up to 20,000 workers joined the biggest strike in the city in 30 years. The council’s attempt to cut wages in the name of equal pay had backfired.

Thousands of council workers in Birmingham are balloting for strike action against the imposition of a single status pay deal. Some of the council’s lowest paid workers are having their wages slashed. Thousands are losing money in some cases up to £35,000 per year. The Unison, Unite, Ucatt and GMB unions began balloting for strike action on 2 January.

Birmingham City Council workers are to go on strike again over a new Single Status pay and grading structure. Unions claim some staff's earnings could be cut by half but the council said 48% would receive pay rises.

Up to 1,000 Birmingham City Council workers could take strike action in a dispute over proposed changes to their pay and conditions. Unions claim road workers, street cleaners, bin men and other manual employees could lose up to 50% of their total pay under the new deal.

More strike dates have been proposed in a row involving Birmingham City Council staff over the imposition by the Council of huge pay cuts and "performance related pay" but unions say they hope to avoid more action. Workers at the UK's largest local authority took part in solid strike action in February.

More than 20,000 Birmingham City Council workers have been ordered out on strike next week at the start of an escalating campaign of industrial action against a controversial pay and grading review. Five unions voted for the one-day stoppage on February 5 - to coincide with a meeting of the full city council. The action could close schools, leisure centres and crematoria. Dustbins may not be empti...

GMB and other unions have now served notice on Birmingham City Council that there will be a second one day strike and day of action on Tuesday 26th February 2008. This follows the first strike which took place on Tuesday 5th February. The dispute affects workers in all parts of the Council including the schools.

On 5 February, Birmingham saw its biggest strike for decades. Tens of thousands of Birmingham council workers were on strike and thousands stood outside hundreds of schools, offices, leisure centres, bin depots and more, before gathering in a boisterous protest outside the Council House. The one-day strike was against a 'single status' agreement that was supposed to bring equal pay for women worke...

Thousands of council workers in Birmingham are balloting for strike action against the imposition of their single status pay deal. Some of the council’s lowest paid workers are having their wages slashed. Thousands are losing money in some cases up to £35,000 per year. Workers in the Unison, Unite, Ucatt and GMB unions are all being balloted.