Sandwell leisure employees strike again in contracts row

UNISON members from Sandwell branch took further strike action today, 14 December, in what is now the longest running industrial dispute in Sandwell’s history.
Members from Portway Lifestyle Centre and Tipton Leisure Centre picketed outside their workplaces after voting by 85% on an 83% turnout to continue their fight against Sandwell Leisure Trust’s fire and rehire policy.
In March 2021, Sandwell Leisure Trust fired and rehired all 280 staff in order to remove them from national pay