Doesn't this just show that Unite never intended to go to strike - instead dragging it out until the last minute before agreeing to put an offer to ballot in order to suspend it?
That offer ended up being worse than a previous offer that they didn't think was good enough to take back to us drivers last week.
Pretty obvious to me, this was never going to take place and purely designed to tarnish the public image of the company.
Lots of rumblings that there was a significant number of drivers prepared to strike break too - which stalled the publication of the timetable plans.
£1 an hour, paid breaks for all, reduced maximum driving to 4.5 hours and reduced time to get to the top rate is a great opening position - but there is absolutely no way that Arriva will meet that in one go and drivers who think they will by taking action need to look at Northern. Strikes being normal now and no sign of them backing down.
Every week us drivers potentially strike, we lose 2% of our pay annually (approx). It's not worth it. Why are we not working to rule instead?
