Stagecoach bus strikes called off
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00:00Unite the Union have announced that strikes by Stagecoach bus drivers in Liverpool have
00:07been called off after a new and improved offer from the employer.
00:11Nearly 500 drivers had been due to walk out on June 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th over
00:19what Unite said was a huge disparity between their pay and that of Arriva Liverpool drivers.
00:25A number of local bus services were set to be cancelled or disrupted, impacting day-to-day
00:30travel and potentially those heading to Anfield to see Taylor Swift.
00:35The strikes have now been called off while Union members are balloted on the new offer.
00:39Matt Davies, Managing Director of Stagecoach, Merseyside and South Lancashire, said
00:44I'm pleased that we have worked with Unite to reach a pay offer that Unite can recommend
00:48to their members and which they will now put to our workforce.
00:51If members don't accept the offer, industrial action has been rescheduled to take place
00:56on June 24th and 25th.