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Job & Talent agency bin workers gather outside Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, following a march during a protest organised by Unite the Union, on the first day of strike action by refuse workers employed by the company, December 1, 2025
A MUSIC single has been released to mark a year since the start of an all-out strike by refuse collection workers in Birmingham.
Power To The Bin Strikers (Unite For Workers Rights) was recorded by Birmingham’s Banner Theatre in partnership with Unite.
It raises funds for the strikers, who began their continuous walk-out on March 11 last year.
Birmingham bin worker Danny Taylor, who has been on strike since the dispute began in January 2025, said: “It is a recognisable folk song reworked to portray the striking bin workers targeted by a Labour council.
“We hope the general public will like it as much as we do.”
Unite members recently voted to extend their industrial action mandate into September.
The union says planned reforms of the refuse collection service will lead to hundreds of its members losing thousands of pounds.
The council denies the claim, insisting it is improving the service.
