West Midlands Metro - Industrial Dispute Resolved

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Some good news.

Let's just hope that the revised pay offer is accepted.

West Midlands Metro strike action suspended amid fresh pay offer

The union Unite says it will suspend walkouts this week while it ballots its members on the offer.

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West Midlands Metro strike action suspended amid fresh pay offer​

Strikes by tram drivers in the West Midlands have been suspended after a fresh pay offer, a union says.
Dozens of days of walkouts were organised by Unite and began in October in a dispute over pay.
But after talks through conciliation service ACAS, the union said strikes from Wednesday to Friday were suspended while it balloted its members.
West Midlands Metro said a normal service would operate this week and it hoped staff accepted the offer.
The operator runs services between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
Unite said the talks through ACAS came after it had announced the strikes would escalate with all-out continuous action from 28 November.
"Unite's members will be fully briefed on the latest offer and balloted on it," regional officer Sulinder Singh said.
If the offer was rejected, the strikes would resume from next week, Unite added.

A message has just been put up on the West Midlands Metro website to say that the industrial dispute has been resolved, and that no further strike action will take place.

There is no other source for this at present.