Engineers at transport group National Express have voted in favour of strikes just days after the news that around 3,000 drivers were also to be balloted over industrial action.
Around 200 of the Birmingham-based firm's engineers have voted by 93 per cent from a turnout of 80 per cent to strike over pay, according to trade union Unite.
The engineers are responsible for maintaining 1,200 vehicles which together cover 93 per cent of the region's bus network. National Express' coach service is unaffected by this vote.
