00:00A group of Dudley and Birmingham-based schools in a large academy trust face further disruption
00:06as a teacher's strike has been further extended across the West Midlands.
00:10Twenty schools in the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership are involved in a dispute over proposed job cuts
00:17backed by members of the National Education Union.
00:20The union says strike action will now cover 18 dates, with more planned,
00:25and four schools not currently taking part will be re-ballotted.
00:29The trust says staffing reductions are needed because of significant overstaffing.
00:34This was blamed on an accounting error.
00:37Union leaders say up to 100 jobs could be lost, while parents and staff say pupils will be affected.
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