Watch: The full timeline of the 2025 Birmingham bin strike

Name: The full timeline of Birmingham's 2025 bin strikes
Uploaded: 2025-04-10T15:40:44.000Z
Duration: 269 s
Description: Birmingham’s bin strike shows no sign of ending. This timeline traces how the crisis unfolded — from council bankruptcy to all-out strike — and what Brummies can expect now.

By Joe Forte, Richard Gullick

Published 11th Apr 2025, 09:10 BST

Updated 15th Apr 2025, 14:37 BST

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This timeline traces how the crisis unfolded — from council bankruptcy to all-out strike — and what Brummies can expect now

Talks to end the strike have been ongoing between the council and the Unite union, which represents refuse workers.

Bin workers are set to be balloted on Monday, April 14 to end the strike.

Watch the video above to see a timeline of the strikes so far

Birmingham Strikes

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