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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
30 November 2017
Victory: Glenfield Children's Heart Centre saved!
The proposal to end surgery at the centre has been dropped
29 November 2017
Save Glenfield Children's Heart Centre! Save our NHS!
A grassroots movement is continuing to build up against the grievous bodily harm being committed against the NHS by the Tory government
11 October 2017
No more fire deaths - ensure safety now!
In the early hours of Sunday 1 October a fire broke out on the ground floor of a three storey block of flats in Ringland Close, Hanley. A mother and two daughters were rescued from their flat above and rushed to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation
23 August 2017
West Midlands Young Socialists fight for free education on results day
West Midlands Young Socialists hit the streets on A-level results day on 17 August to further the fight for free education as thousands of young people found out which university they will go to in September
10 May 2017
Tories win West Midlands mayor - the complete failure of the Labour right
It is clear from this result that the Labour right have nothing to offer in terms of winning elections
8 May 2017
West Midlands mayor - Failure of Labour right
The Tories won the inaugural election for the position of Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority
15 March 2017
Glenfield heart unit: "Children will die" angry parents tell NHS England
"Can you imagine how we feel knowing that our precious daughter could have to travel for hours in an emergency situation to get to life saving surgery when she may not have hours? If you go ahead with your proposal children will die, it's a simple as that. How can that ever be an acceptable outcome?"
28 February 2017
Heart centre closure consultation 'farce'
Families of heart patients at the threatened East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre at Glenfield Hospital have condemned NHS England for a "totally inadequate" public consultation
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