First Bus

Bus drivers working for FirstGroup in Weymouth and Bridport in Dorset took strike action over pay last month.

The 60 drivers, members of general union Unite, have rejected a 1.5% pay offer.

The Weymouth and Bridport drivers are currently paid just £8.30 an hour and want £9.00 an hour without any strings attached. Unite regional officer Bob Lanning pointed out that “30 miles away in Bournemouth, Yellow Buses drivers are receiving more than £10 an hour”.

The 1.5% offer came with strings in the form of cuts in sick pay among other things, with management also trying to move the settlement date.

www.unitetheunion.org/news/weymouth-bus-drivers-in-talks-over-pay-dispute