Bus drivers strike

[Weegreenman]

Have a few mates who are drivers.

What i’ve heard is that management “ allegedly ”have reneged on previous agreements. One example and it’s one of many is that the moment the MD came to LB he started on the drivers straight away by abolishing an agreement regards allowing drivers to remove their ties between May and September I believe it was. Very petty and has now been reinstated. That’s the kind of management they are dealing with.
Just to touch on some of the other grievances. The high number of warnings that get dished out. Driving hours being extended, shifts being changed at short notice or without the Driver being informed. Rota changes. They have also recently had a whole new uniform and they the Drivers hate it. My mates say the shirts are cheap crap as are the jackets, although I think they have agreed to sort some of the problems.
One of the things I hear a lot is that they never back the drivers when it comes to a disciplinary. Drivers are expendable.

Oh ye and the micro management going on by the bosses at the top. So garage managers are not able to use common sense when it comes to making decisions regards Drivers discipline.