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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!"
30 January 2019
34 delegates attended in the recent East Midlands Socialist Party conference in Nottingham to discuss the political situation and prospects for building the party in 2019.
6 June 2018
West Midlands firefighters vote to strike in massive numbers
West Midlands firefighters have voted by 90% to take strike action against exploitative conditions for new fire service workers. They are being introduced by the Labour-led West Midlands Fire Authority (WMFA).
2 May 2018
Firefighters ballot for action
Planned contracts would mean new firefighters having to do non-fire service duties
14 March 2018
Continuing the fighting tradition of working class women
Reports of Socialist Party International Women's Day meetings in the West Midlands
3 January 2018
Heart unit rescued by campaigning saves baby with pioneering surgery
The heroic victory was vindicated straight away.
6 December 2017
Brutal rail privateer Abellio takes over Midlands rail services
Abellio has gained a brutal reputation from its stewardship of Scotrail, Merseyrail and Greater Anglia
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