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It’s no secret that Unite has made huge gains in the bus sector over the last year, winning big inflation-busting pay rises for tens of thousands of drivers and other bus workers across the UK. This month, Unite notched up another notable win when the union secured a 10 per cent pay increase for members […]
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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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The long running Arriva Kent bus dispute has ended after bus drivers accepted an improved pay offer. The 480 plus drivers who are members of Unite recorded a 59 per cent vote in favour of accepting the company’s latest offer of a 13.92 per cent pay increase, which is fully backdated to 23 April 2022. […]
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Unite is calling on any potential new owner of Bournemouth Transport Ltd to protect the jobs and pensions of the company’s workforce. Bournemouth Transport Ltd, which operated bus routes in the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch areas, from its Yeomans Road depot, fell into administration on Friday (July 29). Talks have since been held with at […]
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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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The UK’s bus industry has been placed on notice by the union representing the country’s bus workers that it must address the terrible working conditions or face the obvious consequences. Sharon…Read more…
Bus workers, Unite members, have reacted with fury after prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday (July 5) that mask wearing would no longer be compulsory in any setting from July 19. Since…Read more…
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…
London commuters should be braced for potential major travel disruption this autumn, Unite has warned. The union is in the process of preparing to formally ballot all its bus drivers employed by…Read more…
About 500 Manchester bus drivers will hold a consultative ballot on whether they want to take industrial action after a senior Unite rep at bus company Go North West Limited was suspended for…Read more…
A bullying culture and using Covid-19 as a smokescreen are the hallmarks of an attempt by Go North West to reduce the wages of 500 Manchester bus drivers by an estimated £2,000-a-year. Unite said the…Read more…
Driving a bus has always been a stressful job, but the stresses have only increased amid the pandemic, where instead of just facing the usual challenges of driving a massive vehicle and ensuring…Read more…
Imposing an earlier lockdown could have saved many bus drivers’ lives, a new report has found. The review into the high death rate of bus drivers amid the Covid-19 pandemic, commissioned by Transport…Read more…
Bus workers are among those who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic at the highest rates –a total of 33 bus workers in London alone have succumbed to the virus since the pandemic began….Read more…
Unite said that the £1.6bn government bailout – a combination of grant and loans – for Transport for London (TfL), after the dramatic slump in passenger numbers, had too onerous conditions attached…Read more…
Unite officials joined in today’s (April 9) BBC news and Sky News coverage on the union’s demands for safe working conditions for bus workers following the recent tragic deaths of 10…Read more…
Unite is proceeding with its preparations for an industrial action ballot of 3,500 Yorkshire bus workers over ‘the bullying culture’ at two First Group companies. Unite is preparing the paperwork for…Read more…
About 3,500 bus workers, employed by First Group across Yorkshire, are gearing up to be balloted for strike action over the management’s ‘systematic campaign of anti-trade union activities’. …Read more…