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Bus drivers across South Wales are celebrating a pay win after securing an above-inflation award following strike action across the network. Unite members had been locked in a bitter struggle with their employer First Cymru, which resulted in drivers resorting to eight days of strike action to highlight the low levels of pay they were […]
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As the UK prepares for its third heatwave this summer, there is some welcome relief for London bus drivers. Following a video going viral of Transport for London commissioner Andy Lord making comments at a City Hall meeting and suggesting that bus drivers in the capital can “refuse to take a bus into service” if […]
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Unite Learning Centre strikes a chord with Essex bus drivers Unite Learning Rep (ULR) Darren Hincks has transformed learning in his workplace, and was recognised at the 2024 TUC Congress, being named ULR of the Year. Darren is a bus driver who runs a union learning centre at the First East of England offices in […]
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More than 1,300 Unite members working for bus company Go North East will embark on all-out continuous strike action from Saturday (October 28) in a determined fight for fair pay and conditions. Their latest brave stand follows two weeks of strike action that ended last week (October 20) and a resounding rejection of a new […]
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More than 1,300 Go North East bus workers have taken two weeks of strike action ending today (October 20) over fair pay and conditions. But their fight is only beginning – as management continues to dig its heels in, the bus workers will now embark on all-out continuous strike action from next Friday (October 28). […]
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Workers at convenience foods producer, Greencore, are to begin strike action over poverty-levels of pay from their employer, Unite announced today (September 1). Over 500 workers, many earning as little as £10.53 an hour, are demanding increased pay. Following the failure of Greencore to make an improved offer, workers have been left with no choice […]
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Around 360 bus drivers employed by First Manchester will begin strike action on Monday (July 3) after they voted against a new offer by the company that had ‘strings attached’. First Manchester’s current offer is split so the drivers would receive approximately half the pay rise in April and half in October. Unite said the […]
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Newbury and District Bus Company has been branded the “UK’s meanest’ bus operator after a group of drivers were forced to announce strike action after not receiving a pay rise for four years. The affected drivers, who are members of Unite were TUPE transferred to their present employer from Reading Buses in 2020 and operate […]
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Around 360 bus drivers employed by First Manchester are balloting for strike action over pay, Unite said on Thursday (June 6). Drivers at First Manchester earn less than other bus companies in the area. First Manchester drivers earn £13.50 an hour, while Go North West pays £14.37, Diamond Bus £14.30 and Stagecoach £14. The difference […]
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The Christmas break might be a time for rest and relaxation for many, but at Unite we here for members in dispute every day of the year.
While many were hopefully enjoying a well-deserved and hard earned break, Unite managed to secure some great above inflation pay wins for members in dispute.
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Industrial action involving over 2,000 Metroline bus drivers in London (working for the subsidiary Metroline Travel Ltd) has been called off after the workers accepted a greatly improved pay offer. The workers have accepted an 11 per cent pay increase with a 10 per cent increase on back pay. As a result of the workers […]
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Bus passengers in north London face having their journey’s being severely affected later this year, as drivers ballot for industrial action. The ballot is a result of Arriva failing to make a pay offer for 2022. Over 1,400 bus drivers, who are members of Unite will be balloted for strike action. The ballot opens on […]
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Bus workers employed by Go North East at its Chester-Le-Street garage in Durham, will begin strike action later this month as a direct response to the company’s plan to close the depot. The industrial action will involve 170 members of Unite. The all out continuous strike action will begin on Friday, August 12. The strike […]
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Eight hundred Unite members employed as bus drivers by Arriva in Kent and Essex, are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The ballot closes on Friday, August 12 and if the workers vote for industrial action then strikes could begin before the end of next month. Despite extensive negotiations Arriva has […]
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Unite has secured a pay rise worth 15.8 per cent for Stagecoach Worthing drivers. The drivers will benefit from the one year pay deal, which sees a backdated five per cent rise to March this year, a…Read more…
Leicester Citybus drivers are at least £45 a week better off – £2,450 a year – thanks to a pay rise won by their union, Unite said today (June 17). A two-year deal will see wages rise by…Read more…
Over 80 bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West in Swindon have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action, joining their colleagues in Gloucestershire in a dispute over low pay. The drivers…Read more…
Continuing our celebration of trade unions during Heart Unions week – today we look at the captivating story of how Unite took on bus giant Stagecoach and won, with a new strategy that turned a pay…Read more…
Bus drivers and mechanics at the First Wessex depot in Weymouth, Dorset have won a significant pay victory which will see an extra 8.2 per cent in pay packets by November 2022. Unite the union said…Read more…
Unite has warned the management at Stagecoach West, that it is ‘drinking in the last chance saloon’ if it wants to avoid strikes in a dispute over low pay. Over 300 bus drivers, who are members of…Read more…