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11 April 2018
Aberdeen workers step up strike action against profiteering First Bus
The Aberdeen bus workers' strike is an inspiration to the entire trade union movement in Scotland and beyond
13 November 2017
Mears workers have begun more action, joining others fighting back
31 October 2017
Arriva bus workers' dispute continues
The bus drivers' strike at Arriva remained completely solid on the third day of action
20 September 2017
Angry London bus drivers in Unite the Union demonstrated outside City Hall demanding a 'bill of rights' to improve unsafe working conditions
13 September 2017
Bus safety: we won't be distracted from public ownership
Twenty-five deaths and nearly 12,000 injuries have been caused by buses on the capital's streets in just two years
7 September 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. London bus stoppage, Scotland FE strike.
31 August 2016
Solid bus strike for better terms and pay
London bus workers Tower Transit took 24-hour strike action on 26 August, over the imposition of roster changes, pay and the anti-union approach of the company.
8 June 2016
Austerity-hit Greek workers struck back with a pay victory on 3 June. Athens bus cleaners had already undertaken 15 days of strike action against their contracted employer Link Ap over months of unpaid wages and being underpaid
3 February 2016
London Transport workers braced for huge cuts in spending
London faces cuts in public transport along with attacks on bus and tube workers after the government announced an end to the subsidy to Transport for London (TfL), writes Andy Beadle, London bus driver.
19 August 2015
Anger at bus service cuts in Sheffield
Sheffield Bus Partnership is attempting to make drastic cuts to bus services in the city. 50 buses a day will be taken off the network resulting in approximately 150 bus workers losing their jobs.
1 April 2015
London bus companies forced into pay talks
Following on from the two successful days of strike action in January and February, London bus workers - members of Unite the Union - have forced many of the bus companies and Transport for London (TfL) to talks on 9 April
18 March 2015
Bus drivers ballot against pay robbery
Abellio London bus workers were told their 2015 pay award - 2% plus other benefits - due in January had been "suspended"
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
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
9 January 2015
London bus strikes 13 January - workers have had enough
The Socialist Party fully supports the strike by 27,000 bus workers across London on Tuesday 13 January
10 December 2014
Same job - we want the same pay!
London bus drivers in Unite are being balloted for strike action across the capital
5 December 2014
New leaflet: London's bus workers have had enough
Vote 'yes' to strike for one rate for the job: See www.socialistparty.org.uk/txt/345.pdf
10 September 2014
London bus demo: Unite's "Driving Up Pay" campaign aims to win a common contract across all London's bus companies
7 August 2013
Solidarity with Dublin bus strike
Socialist Party (Ireland) TD Joe Higgins and MEP Paul Murphy support the strike action being taken by SIPTU, NBRU and TSSA Dublin Bus workers. See report on socialistparty.net
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