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West Midlands bus strikes have ended after a ballot of more 3,100 National Express drivers resulted in an improved offer being accepted, Unite announced on Saturday (March 25). The offer includes a one-year 16.2 per cent pay increase and improvements to the drivers’ accident pay and hourly rates for working over the Christmas holidays. National […]
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More reports have emerged of union busting bullying at National Express after strikes by more than 3,100 bus drivers began this week, Unite said on Wednesday (March 22). Workers are increasingly angry over the company’s strike breaking tactics, which include unjustly calling the police to peaceful picket lines and threatening striking workers with job losses […]
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All out indefinite strike action impacting 93 per cent of the West Midlands bus network by 3,100 National Express drivers will begin on Monday (March 20). Strikes are back on after National Express refused to allow drivers to vote on its latest offer during meetings at their depots. The union was willing to put the […]
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Around 200 West Midland’s National Express engineers have voted by 93 per cent in a ballot with a turnout of 80 per cent to strike over pay, Unite said today (January 19). The engineers – responsible for maintaining 1,200 vehicles that cover 93 per cent of the region’s bus network – could be joined on […]
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Around 3,000 West Midlands bus drivers are preparing to be balloted for strike action over pay, Unite said today (January 16). Last Friday, the drivers, some of whom earn as little as £11.80 per hour, rejected a pay offer for 2023 worth around eight per cent. National Express, which made £15.8 million in profits during […]
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Unite, which represents tens of thousands of workers across the bus, coach and rail industry, has warned that workers must not suffer following the announcement today (December 14) that National…Read more…
Unite has warned National Express that its bid to takeover Stagecoach comes at a time of industrial unrest amongst the target firm’s staff. Members of Unite are currently involved in around 20…Read more…
A sensitive and thoughtful commentary below by Tom Powdrill on his blog “Labour & Capital” about the many governance dangers of paying huge “performance related” bonuses to Chief Executives.
National Express of course has been warned on numer…Read more…
Check out Tom at “Labour & Capital” about some rare and sensible support about encouraging a company to do the right thing for workers, clients and shareholders.
“Big news tonight (29.4.15) – the FT has reported that the…Read more…
Find out below what happened when two British MPs were invited by low paid and exploited workers to find out how they were treated by their British owned employers.
On May 6 it will the National Express AGM. If you have a funded pension or insura…Read more…
On Tuesday morning I attended another presentation by US transport union, the Teamsters, to pension funds on the anti-union practises by a National Express owned US company called Durham which runs schools buses.
The Chair of the Local Auth…Read more…
The President of the USA Teamsters Union, James Hoffa, sent a video message to the LAPFF conference to thank them for our support in their campaign to stop the North American arm of British company National Express’s union busting.
Teamster Louis Mali…Read more…
The next item at the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) conference was a panel on “engagement” with Cllr Kieran Quinn GMPF, Chair Sir Merrick Cockell, Cllr Richard Greening LBI and Cllr Cameron Rose LPF.
Investor engagement is probably …Read more…