More than 1,500 ambulance workers have voted to strike across Cheshire and the North West.
Paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff are now set to walk out in the region.
Employees of North West Ambulance Service are set to vote on taking industrial action over pay and working conditions.
The vote has been actioned by the GMB Union who announced it has launched a formal industrial action ballot.
Bus drivers in Cheshire have rejected the latest Arriva North West pay offer and strikes are set to continue disrupting services.
The GMB Union says drivers took part in a ballot on a new pay offer believed to be around 9.6% pay rise.
Bus users in South Cheshire are facing further disruption as unions rejected an increased pay offer from Arriva North West.
Negotiations between the transport company and union bosses have stalled after they rejected an improved 8.9% pay offer.
GMB Union bosses say the Bentley Motors announcement to shed 1,000 jobs from is South Cheshire plant is “another bitter blow to manufacturing in the region”.
The luxury car maker told its 4,200 staff on Friday that it needed to let go almost a quarter of the workforce as the impact of the pandemic on the car industry bites hard.
Hundreds of bus users in Nantwich and Crewe face five more days of travel problems as Arriva drivers continue strike action.
The next day of industrial action takes place on Monday (November 6), with no Arriva bus services across South Cheshire, warns Arriva North West.
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