Arriva bus users to find alternative travel as workers set to strike in Milton Keynes – MKFM 106.3FM

Bus staff at Arriva are set to strike throughout Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire on Monday fifth and Tuesday sixth September.

Workers on the German-owned bus firm, that covers Milton Keynes and surrounding areas, will strike for a number of days in September, affecting bus providers.

The strikes, happening on Monday fifth and Tuesday sixth September

In keeping with Unite the Union, Arriva is providing its workers, together with drivers, admin workers, engineers, cleaners and shunters, pay rises of between 4 per cent and 6 per cent –  a pay minimize in actual phrases with the speed of inflation.

An Arriva spokesperson advised MKFM: “Regardless of additional negotiations with our Union companions at present, we’re extraordinarily disillusioned for all our clients to verify that industrial motion will happen throughout the Area on Monday fifth and Tuesday sixth September.

“Arriva stays dedicated to resolving the commercial motion and continues encourage Unite to poll on this newest pay provide. We’ll proceed to maintain our clients and stakeholders up to date, we apologise for the inconvenience this may trigger throughout the area, significantly as our colleges return for a brand new educational yr.”

Unite regional officer Jeff Hodge mentioned: “Our members are hanging as a final resort as a result of Arriva is refusing to supply an inexpensive pay rise, regardless of being greater than in a position to afford to. The corporate is liable for the extreme disruption these strikes will trigger. We urge them to return with a proposal our members can settle for to finish this dispute as quickly as doable.”  

Strike motion might be taken by workers at Arriva’s depots in Luton, Aylesbury, Excessive Wycombe, Milton Keynes, Ware, Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead.