Bus users can expect chaos this month as First Bus drivers are expected to strike.
Unite The Union confirmed that around 800 Leeds bus drivers will go on strike. The strike is expected to begin from June 18. It comes as staff want to strike over company’s refusal to move pay anniversary date back to normal.
The workers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, agreed during the pandemic to change their anniversary pay date to October to assist the company financially. First West Yorkshire has refused to move the date back to April however, meaning workers have been left struggling during the cost-of-living crisis and will not receive a much needed pay increase until October at the earliest.
