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2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]
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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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Planned strike action by bus drivers employed by Arriva in North London has been called off after the workers secured an improved pay offer, Unite the union announced on Friday (September 30). The 2,000 drivers, who are members of Unite will receive an 11 per cent pay increase from Saturday, October 15. The workforce will […]
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A survey of London bus drivers by Unite has found overwhelming opposition to proposals to move to a system of remote sign-on for buses in the capital. A number of London bus operators are keen to…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…
Workers at all seven London United bus garages are on were out on strike on Thursday (April 15). The strikes went ahead after talks brokered by the conciliation service Acas broke up late earlier in…Read more…
More than 4,000 bus drivers working for Metroline in London have overwhelmingly voted for strike action over the controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy, Unite said today (Monday April 12).
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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…
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…
Unite the union, which represents over 20,000 bus workers in London, has strongly welcomed a decision by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to order a moratorium on bus operators in the capital introducing…Read more…
Bus passengers across London should be aware that they face fresh disruption throughout March, due to a series of strikes over pay and conditions, Unite has warned. The ongoing industrial action,…Read more…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
London bus drivers employed by Singapore-owned Metroline will be balloted next week for industrial action which could hit the capital’s roads this autumn in a dispute over the company’s proposals to…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…
The author has taken the events of 1913-17 described in his earlier Radical Aristocrats: London Busworkers from the 1880s to the 1980s (Lawrence and Wishart, 1985) and woven into them the fictional…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…