Talks to avoid bus workers strike
Talks aimed at averting fresh strikes by London bus workers in a row over an Olympic bonus are to be held today.
Bus workers 'to strikes over Olympic bonus payment'
- The union is seeking £500 for each of its 20,000 members at 20 bus companies for working over the Games period, pointing out that other transport workers are being paid a bonus.
- The union has added £100 to its claim for every day that a strike is held.
- Ahead of the talks, Unite accused employers of acting with "gross irresponsibility" by implying workers could gain a £500 bonus under an offer previously made at Acas and rejected out of hand by the union.
- Unite says that the £500 offered by the bus operators was immediately rejected at previous talks as it required its members to work all 29 days of the Olympics and Paralympics to achieve it.
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