Full list of Birmingham schools where workers set to strike over pay scandal
Workers across 35 schools in Birmingham have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action as anger grows over the city council's equal pay scandal. The strike threat was announced today, Monday, April 22.
It comes as pressure mounts on broke Birmingham City Council to settle long-running equal pay claims made by women workers employed by the authority. GMB Union claimed not one woman employee had received any of the cash owed to them.
More than 96 per cent of those voting had voted in favour of industrial action, union bosses said. Strike dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
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GMB Organiser Alice Reynolds said: "Almost a year since council bosses admitted an equal pay bill as high as £760 million - not one single women worker has received the money they're owed. The council owe members money after years of stolen wages.
"The equal pay crisis only ends when our members claims are settled. This is no longer about sending messages. Workers are now taking matters into their own hands.
"Birmingham’s schools cannot run without our members and this strike action will have a huge impact. Council bosses are fast running out of time to fix this."
We have contacted Birmingham City Council for comment on this developing story.
Full list of schools set to walkout
Colmore Junior School
Minworth Junior & Infant School
Colmore Infant & Nursery School
Chad Vale Primary School
Bordesley Green East Nursery School
Hodge Hill Girls School
Newtown Nursery School
Nelson Mandela School
Jakeman Nursery School
Arden Primary School
St Benedict's Infants
Yardley Primary School
Marsh Hill Nursery
Forestdale Primary School
Kings Heath Primary School
Lozells Junior & Infant School
James Watt Primary
Clifton Primary School
Worlds End Junior School
Cherry Orchard Primary School
Bordesley Green Primary School
Benson Community School
Wheelers Lane Primary
Stanville Primary School
Beeches Junior School
St James CE Primary School Handsworth
Redhill Primary School
Elms Farm Primary School
Harborne Primary School
Gunter Primary School
George Dixon Primary School
Boldmere Infants & Nursery School
Yorkmead Junior & Infants School
Chilcote Primary School
Yardley Wood Community Primary School