The new chairman of FirstGroup should pledge to halt the sell-off of its bus operations in the UK, Unite said today (June 26). Unite’s intervention came after FirstGroup chairman Wolfhart…Read more…
‘Disgraceful action’
Unite the union has today (March 18) confirmed that its membership at Lothian buses is holding a consultative ballot on potential industrial action. The moves follows Lothian Buses management…Read more…
Two-tiered bus system warning
Unite has issued a warning against the ‘Uber-isation’ of bus services, following an announcement from beleaguered transport secretary Chris Grayling outlining proposals in support this week of…Read more…
Uber buses?
Unite has criticised on-demand bus services to be trialled by Transport for London (TfL) as the union raised concerns over higher fares, safety and threats to traditional bus routes. In what…Read more…
‘Lifeblood of London’
Unite members, bus drivers at Merton bus garage, today (January 17) met Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to celebrate the new ‘Licence for London’…Read more…
Landmark deal
Unite member Neil Muhammad would never have imagined that he would be earning £150 a week less than he did two decades ago for doing the same exact job. And this figure doesn’t take into…Read more…
For one penny more…
Pay talks to avert more bus strikes in the north west broke up today (November 17), after the bosses offered an ‘insulting’ one penny extra an hour to the hourly rate, Unite reported. Talks were held…Read more…
Fresh bus disruption
The streets of London are facing disruption this Friday (September 22) as London’s bus controllers take further industrial action in a dispute over pay, Unite, the UK’s largest union has warned….Read more…
‘Within our grasp’
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland seconded a transport policy motion focusing on bus services. Speaking for Unite’s quarter of a million transport members she said it was vital…Read more…
Bus safety now call
Unite bus drivers demanded London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) must implement the findings of the London Assembly transport committee report, Driven to distraction, as a matter of…Read more…
Bus Bill now law
Unite has slammed a new law that prevents local authorities in England from creating publicly owned bus services as “outrageous”. Despite the controversial Bus Services Bill being given royal…Read more…
‘Incredible support’
Bus workers striking against low pay, poor industrial relations and anti-union actions by their employer, Oxford Bus Company, were joined on Monday (March 6) on the picket line by Unite general…Read more…
Sadiq Khan announces new London bus drivers pay deal (and lets ask him next to deal with Union busters)
Great news from BBC for bus drivers and their families. Well done Sadiq our Labour Mayor.
We will be contacting him next about defending staff from Union busters in London Housing Associations.
“London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the cap…Read more…
Bus pay justice plea
Oxford Bus Company is set to become the UK’s meanest bus company this Christmas, after ‘Scrooge’ bosses refused to pay drivers extra for working on two bank holidays over the festive season. …Read more…
‘Great news for London’
Unite today (Wednesday December 21) welcomed the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s first step towards fulfilling his election manifesto promise to provide a new fairer deal for the capital’s 25,000 bus…Read more…
Public bus firms everywhere call
Unite delegate and bus worker Taj Salam took to the rostrum, speaking on the bus services Bill. He told the conference, “Buses are the most frequently used and most democratic form of public…Read more…
Victory against insecure jobs
A victory against the insecurity of agency working has been won on behalf of 42 escorts on Hackney school buses who now have permanent jobs. Unite took up the cudgels for the escorts, all of…Read more…
Xmas bus strike on the cards?
The Weymouth bus driver ‘poverty pay’ dispute could continue to Christmas, after company bosses demanded ‘draconian’ conditions be imposed before arbitration talks could start. More than 110…Read more…
Public buses before profit
Banton is a small village in North Lanarkshire. Like many places in Scotland, people there rely on local buses to get to work, to school, to college, to see friends and family, and to get to…Read more…
‘Why are we waiting?’
Unite, which represents bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport, is waiting to hear if the company will agree to the terms of reference for arbitration talks under the auspices of the conciliation…Read more…