Today is #IWD2023 - International Womens Day 2023 - It is an opportunity to not only remember the struggles and resistance that women across the world have endured but also to recognise the many achievements that have been won.

Today we send a message to NX West Midlands
- Our members are ready and standing strong together ahead of stike action next week.
- This dispute doesn't need to happen. Do the right thing and come to the table with new money on the table.

“Following further assurances from the government over the weekend Unite has in good faith agreed to pause the strike action.

“If the meeting doesn't meet these assurances strike action will resume.” Gail Cartmail, Unite Head of Operations.

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Our futures are defined by the actions that we take.

Grab your flags, grab your banners raise them high.

Make your hand into a fist and point it to the sky. ✊

Dedicated to everyone currently striking. Jess Silk reminds us there is power in a union #NHSPay Unite the union: join a union

This Fridays Ambulance picket lines. Show your support to our NHS workers. ✊🏼

A&E Hubs

Coventry Ibstock Road
Warwick Edgehills Road
Erdington Chester Road
Dudley Burton Road
Stoke Forge Lane

PTS sites

Frankley Frogmill Road
Sandwell Kelvin Way

While we celebrate #HeartUnions for one week every year. The work our staff, officers, organisers, reps and union members do on a daily basis should never and will never be understated.

Thank you, each of you do your part in the fight for better pay, terms and conditions.

Where is Rishi Sunak? Why is he not at the negotiating table? That's where he should be and that's what we are calling on him to do.

Watch the full clip here:youtu.be/BG9LcfB1nRU
#NHS #NHS Strikes

Ambulance staff are not striking because their greedy. Their striking for..
- Better pay.
- Battle inflation and the cost of living.
- To keep the workforce from leaving in troves.
- Better pay across the gradings on a whole.
#OurNHS #NHS #nhsstrikes

Defend the #RightToStrike , the workers' voice needs to be heard. #JobsPayConditions

Solidarity with all National Education Union teachers, support staff and every other worker taking strike action today. This GOV.UK needs to stop the national pay cut and start making different choices. #RightToStrike #SaveOurSchools

📣 Tomorrow our WM Ambulance workers will be going back out on Strike for their second day of action. #NHS #OurNHS ❤️

Support your local NHS strike action ✊🏼

Coventry
Warwick
Dudley
Willenhall
Stoke
Erdington
Bromsgrove
Coventry Bodmin Road
Sandwell PTS Kelvin Way

I'm here this morning in Chorley with our Unite the union: join a union #Ambulance members. A responsible GOV.UK would be getting around the table for real talks with the unions and get the current #NHSCrisis sorted with a wage deal that matches workers’ expectations. #WherIsRishi

The talks the GOV.UK has lined up for Monday yet again look like nothing more than a smokescreen and are clearly not a negotiation on #NHS pay. #SaveOurNHS Read more in the The Guardian here: theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

It’s a shame the #Tory Government doesn’t care about patients safety the rest of the year nor want to resolve this #NHSCrisis #NHSStrikes #Solidarity

“This strike isn’t just about pay - it is to save the NHS. The NHS is crumbling, we can’t recruit and retain staff as pay is so low.

It has got so bad that we have had to open a food bank in my ambulance station.” Jason, a paramedic

Dudley getting busier! #unite #SaveOurNHS #ambulancestrike

ERDINGTON are out ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿
Already massive support being aired by the public♥️

I'm in Coventry this morning standing with Unite the union: join a union West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou members. The GOV.UK has had months to intervene and end this dispute, they chose not to.These strikers are actually trying to save the service. #Solidarity #ambulancestrike

“Sending solidarity to our nurses & The RCN on their dispute today. This strike, yes is about pay, but it is also about the very future of #OurNHS . Make no mistake it affects us all.If you see a picket line today - let them know they have your support.' Sharon Graham #NursesStrike

What can be achieved when the Labour Party and Trade Unions work together to get the best outcome possible. In memory of Jack Dromey MP