Services in Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Coventry and West Bromwich are expected to be affected.
About 200 engineers, responsible for maintaining many of the buses in the West Midlands metropolitan region, have voted to take strike action over pay.
Unite members at National Express West Midlands voted by 93% in favour of rejecting a pay rise of 10.1%. They could be joined by 3,000 drivers, who are also about to be balloted, having rejected an 8% rise, the union said.Unite said the strikes, following an an 80% turnout, would "severely" affect services in Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Coventry and West Bromwich.
The union said the 10.1% offer represented a real-terms cut, due to high inflation, while the firm made £15.8m in profits during the first half of 2022. Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said: "Despite its healthy profits, National Express expects the people who generated its cash stockpile to accept de-facto pay cuts.Dates for the industrial action are set to be announced.
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