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1 July 2015
Government reneges on rail modernisation pledge
Last week transport secretary Patrick Mcloughlin announced that Network Rail's £38.5 billion modernisation plan for Britain's railways has been postponed. This underscores the government's intentions of yet more savage cuts in public spending.
30 April 2015
Bradford bus drivers strike against job losses
Hundreds of First West Yorkshire bus drivers and engineers were on strike in Bradford on 27-28 April, officially against the transfer of a bus service to the Halifax depot with a loss of eight jobs, writes Iain Dalton.
13 February 2015
London bus strike suspended - prepare for more action
London bus reps discussed 'where next?' for their dispute
Bus drivers at the Clapton garage picket on 5 February 2015, photo Paul Mattsson
11 February 2015
London buses: Same job - We want the same pay
London bus workers are engaged in an historic battle to get one rate for the job - the best - across all London garages
4 February 2015
Fighting for one London bus pay scale
Bus drivers are escalating strike action to demand sector wide negotiation
13 January 2015
Bus drivers unite in historic strike action
Bus workers across London are striking for one rate for the job across all 18 companies
7 January 2015
London bus drivers to strike for single contract
London bus drivers in the Unite union are due to strike on 13 January in demand of a standard contract across the capital's bus network
5 November 2014
London buses: London bus drivers in the Unite union have voted in a consultative ballot by 96% in favour of taking industrial action over sector-wide pay
29 October 2014
Secure hospitals strike: Prison Officers' Association members working in the NHS took four hours of strike action on Friday 24 October in their struggle for a decent pay rise
London bus drivers' pay campaign: Assembling for the demo, 11.9.14, photo Judy Beishon
11 September 2014
London bus drivers march for decent pay
Surprised tourists saw our hundreds-strong demonstration come up to the Houses of Parliament from Victoria station
Unite rally against cuts to London buses, photo Paul Mattsson
3 September 2014
Planning, not competition, to meet our transport needs
Apparently, outside London where bus use is expanding, fewer people than ever are using buses because of rising prices
28 May 2014
Strike at Leeds-based bus maker
Unite is urging Leeds-based bus and coach manufacturer Optare to settle a dispute over workers' holiday entitlement, following rock solid support for Tuesday's 24-hour walkout
14 May 2014
Freedom Riders- action brings victory
South Yorkshire's Freedom Riders win a victory in campaign to get back travel concessions
Warrrington bus drivers on strike, September 2013, photo .
16 September 2013
Bus drivers at Network Warrington are staging a number of one-day strikes against a pay freeze and also a lack of investment which they fear is setting the company up to fail
10 July 2013
The costs of privatisation - to the workforce
Buses were deregulated and privatised in 1986 across the UK apart from London and Northern Ireland. Thatcher and her ministers were concerned about London for two reasons, writes a London bus driver...
Bus workers protest in July 2008, photo Paul Mattsson
4 October 2012
South Wales bus workers receive strong support for strike
Monday 1st October saw bus drivers and engineers in South Wales take strike action over pay despite their union recommending they refrain from doing so
Hackney bus workers stopped the busses on the 22 June 2012 London-wide bus strike , photo Paul Mattsson
4 July 2012
London buses: "This is why we're in the union"
London bus workers have shown how determined they are to win their dispute. But as we go to press bus operating companies are still refusing to pay London bus workers a £500 bonus for working during the...
Hackney bus workers stopped the busses on the 22 June 2012 London-wide bus strike , photo by Paul Mattsson
27 June 2012
London bus workers show their strength
The sleeping giant has woken up - on 22 June 20,000 London bus workers came out on strike over payments for extra pressure during the Olympics, a London bus worker writes.
Drivers at the Longbridge Road bus garage in Barking out on the picket line, photo Hannah Sell
22 June 2012
Reports: (last updated Sat 6pm) At 6 am an impressive 100 of the 400 workers at Longbridge Road bus garage in Barking were out on the picket line.
16 June 2012
London bus strike on Friday over Olympic award
London buses will come to a standstill on Friday 22 June as bus workers from every London bus operator will take strike action across the capital for the first time in a generation, writes Unite the union
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