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Hundreds of bus drivers are to go on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite employed by Arriva in Kent will walk out on September 30. The union said it was seeking a pay rise in line with ...
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Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
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Arriva Yorkshire apologised to customers for inconvenience caused by the strike, claiming their pay increase offer was "fair". [24] Bus services briefly resumed on 2 July when the strike was suspended to allow union members to be balloted on an increased pay offer from Arriva, [25] [26] however the offer was rejected by 53.7% of union members ...
Pullman Strike - Began on May 11, 1894, after workers for the Pullman Company began strike after a reduction in wages. The strike spread nationwide and shut down most railroad traffic west of Detroit. The strike lasted several months and 30 strikers were killed in various riots and clashes with government forces. 30 57
On 6 September, Unite the Union warned that Stagecoach was facing potential strikes in both Lancashire and Liverpool, stating that the company "made a profit of £58.4 million and it has £875 million of available liquidity" in 2020, but that bus drivers were underpaid and were given insufficient support for self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
An Upper Arlington City Schools bus driver was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of operating a vehicle while impaired and has been placed on leave, the school district said.