Manchester First Bus drivers continue strike
action
25 September 2009
Unite the union members working at First Bus, Manchester, will
continue strike action on Monday (28th September) in an ongoing
dispute over a zero per cent pay offer.
This is the fourth 24-hour official stoppage by drivers at the
Wigan, Bolton, and Bury depots. Workers are angry that despite
record profits of £134 million the company is refusing to give
employees a fair pay rise.
Unite will meet First Bus management at the conciliation service
ACAS today (Friday, 25th September) for talks aimed at resolving
the dispute. The union is urging First Bus management to engage in
meaningful negotiations to avert further strike action and major
disruption to commuters in Manchester.
Unite regional industrial organiser, Bobby Morton, said: “Unite
is pleased that First Bus has agreed ‘face to face’ talks with
ACAS. However, this company has constantly failed to listen to the
workforce or put an offer on the table which would resolve the
situation as quickly as possible.
“Unite members will not accept this derisory pay offer. Strike
action is the only way to make this ‘greedy’ company sit down and
take negotiations seriously.
“We hope the talks will be productive but 24-hour stoppage by
Manchester First Bus drivers will go ahead on Monday, 28th
September from 4:00 am. Further, we cannot rule out continued
industrial action until we have a pay offer acceptable to our
members.”
ENDS
For enquiries please contact Bobby Morton on 07799 114236.
Notes to Editor:
A picket line will be in place from 04:00 am until 6.30 pm at
Wigan, Bolton and Bury depots.
First Manchester, Melverley Street, Wigan WN5 3AH
First Manchester, Weston Street, Bolton BL3 2AW
First Manchester, Rochdale Road, Bury BL9 0QZ
Email to a friend
Want to share this story? These sites allow you to tag and share links across the internet enabling you to share these links with friends and people with similar interests. You can also access your links from any computer you happen to be using.
