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10 February 2022
How will Unite's clash with Labour effect the Erdington byelection?
Sharon Graham suspended Unite's funding to Labour while the Coventry bin strike continues.
17 November 2021
Fresh strikes on East Midlands Railway
RMT has announced a new 24-hour strike from midnight on 4 December on East Midlands Railway.
22 September 2021
New strike dates in EMR guards dispute
RMT East Midlands Railway train guards have started a new series of strikes in their long-running dispute about pay cuts for new staff and safety concerns
25 August 2021
East Midlands rail strikes continue
RMT senior conductors and train managers took strike action again on Sunday 15 and 22 August on East Midland Railways (EMR) and Intercity
11 August 2021
RMT strike solid on East Midlands rail
On Sundays throughout August and September, the RMT is striking on East Midlands Railway
11 August 2021
West Midlands: austerity and capitalism offers no future for young people
After a decade of Tory austerity and a global pandemic threatening millions of jobs, young people are more vulnerable than ever.
30 June 2021
Senior conductors on East Midlands Railway are striking every Sunday until at least 15 August as part of a long-running dispute over contracts and Sunday working arrangements.
27 January 2021
Jaguar Land Rover: West Midlands superspreader
Despite Covid infections rising, many workers in non-essential jobs are being forced to work
2 September 2020
West Midlands journalists strike against pay and job cuts
It's "nepotism not journalism" said one picket. The Bullivant Media National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chapel (branch) were out on their first ever strike on 25-26 August, opposing compulsory redundancies,
13 May 2020
West Midlands trade union activists discuss the battle for safety on the front line
Socialist Party members in the West Midlands met online in a forum to talk through workplace situations during the coronavirus pandemic, and discuss strategy to defend workers' health against some truly despicable management practices from the private and public sectors
5 February 2020
Cancel the franchise, not our trains
The performance of West Midlands Trains - the current franchise holder for rail services in the West Midlands - is talked about everywhere; in newspapers, on radio and TV and of course among rail travellers
5 February 2020
Will the North get investment and transport infrastructure?
Boris Johnson has pledged to earn the trust of working-class voters who 'lent' him their vote in the general election
8 January 2020
West Midlands RMT guards jobs saved
RMT transport union members at West Midlands Trains have scored a victory over bosses in a dispute over scrapping guards on trains.
4 December 2019
Solid support for guards on West Midlands Trains
There was an upbeat mood on the RMT picket line at Worcester Shrub Hill in the continuing dispute with West Midlands Trains over retaining the safety-critical role of train guards.
20 November 2019
West Midlands Trains: guards strike to defend safety-critical role
On 16 November, senior conductors at West Midlands Trains took their first day of strike action
6 November 2019
West Midlands Trains guards to strike
89% of senior conductors (guards) have voted for strike action over West Midlands Trains plans to downgrade the role and remove key safety responsibilities.
26 June 2019
Midlands mental health workers walk out against privatisation
"If this goes through, things will never be the same again. It's the beginning of the end," said one Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust picket
3 April 2019
The Socialist Party stands for workers. Unlike the capitalist political parties, we don't take any big corporate donations, meaning that we aren't financially accountable to the bosses and they can't control us.
20 March 2019
Midlands machine bearing makers launch all-out strike
"There's only so much meat on the bone. NSK has taken so much off us it's now passed the bone and is into the marrow!"
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