The increasingly bitter dispute, involving London United, a subsidiary of the French owned company RATP, is set to intensify, after bus drivers at two more garages voted to join the industrial action…Read more…
Fresh London bus strikes as peace talks fail
London will face fresh bus strikes this week after peace talks failed to secure a breakthrough in the dispute over proposed attacks on conditions and real terms pay cuts. Bus drivers at the RATP…Read more…
‘Damning verdict’
Unite, which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has described a new report from the University College of London, which found that an earlier lockdown last year would have saved bus…Read more…
‘Missed opportunity’
Unite, representing over 70,000 bus workers, has warned that the government’s new national bus strategy, published today (Monday March 15) will go nowhere near reversing a decade’s worth of cuts to…Read more…
‘Greedy Go-Ahead’
The multi-million pound Go-Ahead transport group has been accused of sheer greed following the publication of its half yearly results. The results show that the company made £12.3 million profit on…Read more…
Bus stop
Unite’s London bus driver members have been advised to stop driving if their bus becomes overcrowded, to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.
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London bus strikes latest
London bus passengers should brace for further severe disruption this week, Unite has warned, after fresh strikes in a dispute over pay and terms and conditions were called. The industrial action…Read more…
Metroline strike action ballot
Passenger welfare and staff safety are behind a re-ballot of more than 4,000 bus drivers in London for strike action over the controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy, Unite the union, said today…Read more…
Big brother fears in bus strike CCTV frenzy
Unite has warned that Manchester bus operator Go North West appears to be more intent on monitoring every movement of their workers, than resolving the all-out bus strike which is due to begin this…Read more…
‘A convenient smokescreen’ for pay cuts
London bus passengers will face serious disruption as Unite confirmed today (February 19) that 2,200 bus drivers employed by RATP will strike next week over a sustained attack on their pay…Read more…
‘Solidarity is strength’
Bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have voted overwhelmingly to strike — by 82 per cent — in a a fire and rehire dispute that has dragged on for months. Under the new contracts,…Read more…
Wage cuts in fire and rehire bus disgrace
Bus driver Unite members at Go North West, have overwhelmingly voted for strike action, in response to the company’s plans to fire and rehire them on vastly inferior contracts and in reaction to the…Read more…
‘Best value for money you’ll ever get’
Sean Halsall, 35, worked as a bus driver for Arriva in Southport for 16 years. He was recruited to Unite during a training session and went on to become the rep at his workplace for six years, the…Read more…
London bus strikes announced
London bus passengers should brace themselves for serious disruption as Unite announced bus strikes in the capital. The first wave of strike action involves bus drivers employed by the French owned…Read more…
‘Bullied and intimidated’
Unite has accused management at Go North West of attempting to intimidate workers into signing vastly inferior contracts. Unite expressed outrage at the company’s behaviour, after management…Read more…
‘Please follow the guidelines’
Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic.
Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and respected’ Brighton bus driver Christopher…Read more…
Manchester bus drivers fight fire and rehire plans
Unite will begin balloting its members at bus company Go North West in Manchester for strike action this week, in a dispute over the company’s decision to impose new contracts of employment by firing…Read more…
‘Fire and rehire’ attack
Nearly 500 Manchester bus drivers employed by Go North West are facing the threat of being fired and rehired, which will see a 10 per cent reduction in the number of drivers employed, an increase in…Read more…
London bus drivers ‘once again in eye of Covid storm’
Since the start of the pandemic, bus drivers have seen among the highest Covid death rates of any profession, with London bus drivers in particular affected. Now, new figures from the Transport for…Read more…
London facing looming bus strikes
Unite, which represents over 20,000 London bus drivers, is warning that the capital could face a period of widespread industrial action in early 2021 as workers are set to be balloted on attacks to…Read more…