Around 3,300 bus drivers and engineers at National Express in the West Midlands are set to go on strike later this month.
Almost the entire West Midlands bus network will be shut from March 16 as a result of all-out action which will continue indefinitely in the ongoing row over pay, after more than 3,000 bus drivers voted to strike.
They will be joined by more than 200 engineers who voted in favour of industrial action in January. The strikes will severely impact National Express West Midlands' services which cover 93 per cent of the region's bus network.
