19 January 2022

S Yorks Stagecoach strike results in "huge pay win"

After three-and-a-half weeks of strike action, 560 Stagecoach bus workers across South Yorkshire have voted to accept what their Unite trade union has described as a "huge pay win" of over a £1-an-hour increase, amounting to a 10.7% rise

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6 January 2022

S. Yorks Stagecoach workers start indefinite strike

Around 560 Stagecoach bus workers in South Yorkshire began an indefinite strike from the start of the New Year

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15 December 2021

Stagecoach victory

Union rep says: "We're stronger than we have ever been before".

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15 December 2021

Yorkshire Stagecoach strikers confidence growing

"We've got them by the bollocks" and "we're in charge now", expressed the mood on the Unite picket line at the Stagecoach Holbrook depot, as bus workers in Sheffield joined Barnsley and Rotherham drivers in a second week of strike action over pay

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8 December 2021

Yorkshire Stagecoach bus workers' week-long strike

560 Stagecoach bus workers across South Yorkshire, members of Unite, have completed a week of strike action in pursuit of an above-inflation pay rise

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1 December 2021

South Yorkshire Stagecoach drivers strike against measly 1% pay offer

Stagecoach bosses in South Yorkshire have always tried to play off one depot against another, with different settlement dates and pay rates across Barnsley, Rotherham and the two Sheffield garages

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17 November 2021

Stagecoach drivers win £10.50 an hour

Unite members voted to accept a deal

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27 October 2021

Gwent Stagecoach workers driving for victory on pay

Over 200 bus drivers have completed their sixth day of strike action

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20 October 2021

Gwent valleys Stagecoach bus drivers strike for fair pay

It was pouring with rain but pickets had been out since 4am this morning at Blackwood, Cwmbran and Brynmawr Stagecoach depots fighting for a decent pay rise.

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10 July 2019

Victory for Stagecoach bus strikers!

Stagecoach workers in Central Lancashire have successfully fought for a pay increase

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26 June 2019

Lancashire Stagecoach drivers continue their fight

Drivers and supporters gathered at Preston bus station for the ninth day of strike action

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6 June 2019

Stagecoach strike - bus workers show how it's done

Preston and Chorley's Stagecoach bus workers are demanding an extra 50p an hour

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5 December 2018

Fatal bus crash - an avoidable tragedy

Stagecoach bosses have been let off the hook. They should have been jailed for corporate manslaughter.

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24 October 2018

Support RMT strikes against the elimination of guards on trains

Rail companies have undermined the safety of passengers

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25 July 2018

Sheffield tram workers strike for 72 hours

Sheffield Supertram drivers and conductors, members of Unite the Union, took 72 hours' further strike action in pursuit of their pay claim on 20-22 July.

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23 May 2018

Government continues to back failed private rail

The companies running the East Coast Main Line (ECML) rail franchise from London to Scotland - Virgin and Stagecoach - are to lose it because they "got their sums wrong" according to Chris Grayling, the transport secretary

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3 January 2018

Rail: fares up, bosses' pay up - delays and cancellations up

Nationalise rail now!: Rail companies are ringing in the new year by inflicting yet more misery on long-suffering commuters.

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6 December 2017

Nationalise rail now

East Coast line rescued from private failure AGAIN - biggest hike in fares for five years- transport workers under attack

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4 January 2017

Nationalise rail now!

Support the strikes! Rail fares are increasing again, this time by an average of 2.3%

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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.

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