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2/18/09 British rail and bus operator Stagecoach will ballot union members.  RMT will ballot three networks, including South West for strike action,

12/13/08  Stagecoach have accepted a pay deal, ending the threat of more industrial action in north east Scotland and the Highlands. The Unite T&G union said the majority of members had "reluctantly" decided in favour of the £9 an hour offer..

12/13/08  Braford,500 drivers to vote on new pay offer ahead of  the three day planned strike.  First Bradford offered drivers and extra 35p per hour.  Union United wants  £10 per hour.  Drivers at the moment earn £6.27 and £9.50.  If talks don't go to pland expect strike to be Wednesday 17, 18 and 19 December 08, 


Nov 4, UK, Hampshire and Dorset bus strike for Christmas shopping. thisishampshire.net

11/26/08  Stagecoach bus strike postponed after talks  .bbc.co.uk

11/8/08 Stagecoach, strike 11, 21 and 24 November

10/22/08 UK, buses  faces more strikes. eveningexpress.com.

9/9/08 What  Unite has to say for the latest strike

9/12/08 London, First bus drivers started their 48-hour strike at midnight while Metrobus drivers stopped work for 24-hours from 3am. richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/

9/12/08Limited service in London today.
9/12/08 UK BUS services across Redbridge and Waltham Forest are set to be affected today, as drivers go on another strike in a dispute over pay and conditions. guardian-series.co.uk

9/11/08 UK Bus staff to strike in pay row  ukpress.google.com

9/11/08 UK, London, fresh strike by drivers. ukpress.google.com

9/9/08 UK London, Public transportation,   Metrobus and First services in London, Sussex, Kent and Surrey will be affected by the 24-hour strike, which begins at 0300 BST on Friday. bbc.co.uk

9/3/08 Trade union members of First London buses decided to strike after rejecting an improved pay offer of four per cent.tottenhamjournal.co.uk

UK, Friday August 29, 2008
Public transportation, bus services in London have been hit by a 24-hour strike by over 2,000 drivers and other workers over pay.
London buses The walkout, which began at 3am, was expected to bring travel chaos to the capital, with 80 routes affected.
It involves staff at First Capital East Buses and First Centrewest Buses, who have rejected a four percent pay rise. news.sky.com

8/28/08 London Bus Drivers to Take Strike Action in Dispute Over Pay  3 a.m. tomorrow for 24 hours and on Sept. 12 for 48 hours, the union said bloomberg.com


8/22/08 London,public transportation,  bus strike Two strikes affect a third of London's bus routes A total of 2,500 bus workers.  will walk out for 24 hours on Friday, August 29 over a pay dispute.followed by a 48-hour stoppage that will begin on Friday, September 12. sleafordstandard.co.uk


6/11/08  UK Drivers in Brighton are on strike every Monday for the next six weeks, starting next week, over a long-running pay row. 

6 June3 08 UK Thousands of bus users could face travel chaos on Monday.
As many as 60 Wearside bus routes could be hit by a planned drivers' strike. sunderlandecho

5 June 08 UK Brighton and Hove bus strike looks likely.  The union has rejected  a very constructive offer. "I do not see why the public should have to pay further fare increases for a double-inflation pay rise for drivers. theargus

16/5/08  UK Bus strike to go ahead Brighton and Hove

5/8/08  UK Liverpool. wildcat bus strike  echo.uk

4 March 08 England:- London’s 23,000 bus drivers are today demanding a standard wage and a cut in driving hours across all the city’s bus operators. per politics.co.uk


England, Dorset/Wiltshire off, but no agreement 1/18/08 per Daily Echo
*England, Dorset and Wiltshire third 24 hour strike.  Union says drivers should not be rostered to do more than 4.5 hours of continuous driving! 1/16/08 per BBC

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London 12/24/07

England Machester called off. 11/25/07

England, East London, called off 11/21/07
England, Manchester 11/19/07

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Unite, T&G is the UK's biggest general union.  Unite is a British and Irish trade union, formed on  1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union. July 2, 2008, Unite signed an agreement to merge with the United Steelworkers to form a new global union entity called Workers Uniting. The new merged entity, Workers Uniting, will represent over 3 million active and retired workers in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean. 
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