Around 3,000 West Midlands bus drivers at listed transport group National Express are set to be balloted for strike action. The threat of potential industrial action comes after members of the Unite trade union last week rejected an eight per cent pay offer from the Birmingham-headquartered group by 96 per cent.
Unite said some of the drivers earn £11.80 per hour at National Express which posted £15.8 million in profit during the first half of 2022.
The union claims National Express insists its pay offer is worth 14 per cent but Unite has rejected the Digbeth company's calculations because they include changes to hourly wages already made in 2022.
