RE: Go North East - 2023 Pay Deal and Industrial Action
Based on my travels, the region has lots of spare taxi capacity these days, for lots of different reasons I imagine. If employers are willing to be flexible and perhaps even put a little toward the fare, the strike may not be as effective as is being assumed. It is also now the slack period for coach companies too, and I do know that some employers definitely got around strikes in other areas by chartering their own buses. And of course, many of the passengers who use GNE services are already only traveling for part of the week, so you would assume a week or two of working fully from home won't be too much of a hassle. Last but by no means least, parents are sadly now well used to being dropped in the clarts and having to make their own arrangements to get the little ones to school or keep them home, so even that might not have the impact drivers are hoping.