A Socialist Equality Party team campaigned outside Westbourne Park bus garage in west London this week. There are 350 bus drivers, engineers and other staff at the garage employed by First Bus (part of the corporate transport giant FirstGroup plc). The SEP members distributed copies of the statements “Oppose Trump’s …
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warns of strikes by bus drivers (Jacob King/PA) (PA Archive) A series of nationwide strikes by bus drivers is being threatened in disputes over pay and conditions. Around 7,500 members of Unite are either striking or balloting to take industrial action in areas including Birkenhead, …
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