World Socialist Web Site

Striking UK First Manchester bus drivers: Unite union “try and split us, but we’ve all stuck together so they can’t push us around”

Around 360 bus drivers working for First Manchester at its depot in Oldham, England have thrown out the company’s latest pay offer and plan to continue strike action into August. Services across 18 ...
World Socialist Web Site

Unite ends Greater Manchester bus strikes on Labour mayor and private operators’ terms

On Tuesday evening, Unite published a press release announcing that around 2,000 Stagecoach and Metroline drivers had accepted a revised pay offer of 12 percent over two years, ending the pay dispute ...
Yahoo News UK

Buses disrupted as police cordon remains in place near depot after protest

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News (Jason Roberts /Manchester Evening News) Disruption is continuing on bus services ...
Corp Watch

How Activists Brought Privatized City Buses Back Under Public Control in Manchester (UK)

In the 1980s, the UK government deregulated and privatized bus systems all over the country under a belief that greater competition would introduce greater efficiency. However the opposite happened - ...
The Bolton News

Women to get free Greater Manchester travel on buses, trains and Metrolink

Hundreds of women in Bolton are set for free travel around Greater Manchester with the launch of a new travel pass. The Women’s Concessionary Travel Pass, set to launch on Tuesday, April, 3, is aimed ...