Manchester Metrolink strikes called off after new pay deal secured

Unite members working for Manchester’s Metrolink tram system are celebrating a new pay deal after accepting an improved offer from their employer. Proposed strikes that were due to take place later this week have now been called off. Hundreds of workers are set to receive a substantial pay rise, with Customer service representatives at the […]

London buses dispute escalates as hundreds more workers ballot for strikes

More than 300 London Transit staff are being balloted for industrial action, bringing the total number of RATP bus workers poised to strike to over 2,100. The London Transit drivers and engineers, who are based at Westbourne Park bus garage in Notting Hill, are angry at a three per cent pay offer that represents a […]

Stagecoach workers in Bedford to strike over pay

Over 140 drivers for Cambus, a subsidiary of Stagecoach, are to strike in Bedfordshire after the company refused to make a decent pay offer, Unite the union said today.  Drivers at Cambus earn just £13.46 per hour while other companies in the area are already paying over £15 leaving bus drivers substantially out of pocket.  […]