Stagecoach bus drivers in Sunderland are set to strike during the Christmas period in a row over pay.
The bus operator confirmed that drivers are set to hold 10 days of strike action in November and December as part of an ongoing pay dispute. The planned walkouts are set to cause disruption to passengers over the festive period, with drivers set to strike on the following dates: November 5, November 15 to 19, December 23 and 24, and December 26 to December 27.
The Sunderland bus drivers have already taken six strike days in anger over what the GMB union is calling "poverty pay". The union said the offer of a four per cent rise, with a further two per cent to follow later in the year, is a "real terms pay cut" to drivers during the cost of living crisis.
