Brighton & Hove Bus Drivers To Strike

HawkTheSeagull · Nov 11, 2014

Just popped up on Twitter, thought id post here in case anyone has to use them.

http://www.buses.co.uk/news/story.aspx?articleid=2885

Strike planned for this Saturday and Wednesday next week.

8ace · Nov 11, 2014

This wouldn't happen in Germany.

HawkTheSeagull · Nov 11, 2014

8ace said:
This wouldn't happen in Germany.

It does, on the railways anyway - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29930422

Psychobilly freakout · Nov 11, 2014

HawkTheSeagull said:
Just popped up on Twitter, thought id post here in case anyone has to use them.

http://www.buses.co.uk/news/story.aspx?articleid=2885

Strike planned for this Saturday and Wednesday next week.

Would that be the same Saturday when we have free / subsided

bus travel to Norwich @ Home ?

jebus spell check cant help me today, dyslexia can be so bloody annoying :down:

Herr Tubthumper · Nov 11, 2014

I cannot afford to use Brighton Buses.

Ernest · Nov 11, 2014

Psychobilly freakout said:
Would that be the same Saturday when we have free / subsided bus travel to Norwich @ Home ?

No as we don't play Norwich at home this Saturday

father_and_son · Nov 11, 2014

Fascinated to know what UNITE are holding out for! 2.5% increase, twice in a year, seems like a bloody good offer to me. Anyone know what the real story is because this cannot be about the pay offer!

[Oh.... and no-one at the B&H BC seems to have A-Levels maths... 2.5% in Jan and 2.5% in Jun is actually a little less than 4% over the year NOT over 5%, but then I still think 4% is a good deal at the moment.]

Psychobilly freakout · Nov 11, 2014

Ernest said:
No as we don't play Norwich at home this Saturday

oh yeah I only read the Wednesday next week and thought that was the Saturday next week aswell.....

I'm having a tuff day already.

Garage_Doors · Nov 11, 2014

Does this mean the bus lanes will be suspended for those days?

Ernest · Nov 11, 2014

Psychobilly freakout said:
oh yeah I only read the Wednesday next week and thought that was the Saturday next week aswell.....

I'm having a tuff day already.

It must be a bad day as we are AWAY to Norwich the following Saturday

Psychobilly freakout · Nov 11, 2014

Ernest said:
It must be a bad day as we are AWAY to Norwich the following Saturday

I know I have a calendar 3inches to the right of my computer screen with Norwich Away on the 22nd written by myself in black and white.... go figure

HawkTheSeagull · Nov 11, 2014

Programme_Seller said:
Does this mean the bus lanes will be suspended for those days?

No as other bus operators will run a service, nice try though.

Brovion · Nov 11, 2014

As per usual I shall support the strikers. (I might try and find out the cause later if I can be bothered). Can't blame them. They see all the profits generated by the rise in Brighton bus use and they want their share.

Lord Bracknell · Nov 11, 2014

Brovion said:
As per usual I shall support the strikers. (I might try and find out the cause later if I can be bothered). Can't blame them. They see all the profits generated by the rise in Brighton bus use and they want their share.

As Neil Kinnock's dad once said ... Anyone can support the union when they are right. You also need to support the union when they are wrong.

Garage_Doors · Nov 11, 2014

HawkTheSeagull said:
No as other bus operators will run a service, nice try though.

Bugger

Lord Bracknell · Nov 11, 2014

HawkTheSeagull said:
No as other bus operators will run a service, nice try though.

And taxis.

clippedgull · Nov 11, 2014

There will still be a B&H bus service on those strike days, just a reduced service.

Notters · Nov 11, 2014

Brovion said:
As per usual I shall support the strikers. (I might try and find out the cause later if I can be bothered). Can't blame them. They see all the profits generated by the rise in Brighton bus use and they want their share.

Isn't most of that use by pensioners with free bus passes and kids with free bus passes? I find them too expensive to use!

seagullsovergrimsby · Nov 11, 2014

Are bus drivers still treated like serfs during their first two years in the job ?

seagullsovergrimsby · Nov 11, 2014

Notters said:
Isn't most of that use by pensioners with free bus passes and kids with free bus passes? I find them too expensive to use!

Those profits are being eroded year on year by reductions from central government to local authorities to fund concessionary travel and cuts to the Bus Service Operator Grant which allows a percentage rebate on fuel duty.

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