Strikes by bus workers suspended after new pay offer
Unite members on Merseyside were due to stage two 24-hour walkouts.
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Your support makes all the difference.Planned strikes by hundreds of bus workers have been suspended while a ballot is held on a new pay offer.
Members of Unite employed at Stagecoach Merseyside were due to walk out on Friday and next Monday.
Following extensive talks, a new pay offer has been agreed between Stagecoach’s management and Unite, the union said.
Regional officer Dave Roberts said: “Following a significantly improved offer from Stagecoach, Unite has suspended the two forthcoming one-day strikes in order to ballot its members on the new offer.”
If workers reject the deal, a planned all-out strike due to begin on July 20 will go ahead.