(03 Dec 2018, 4:10 pm)S830OFT wrote God help passenger's if a strike occured on Saturday as Arriva Buses are already accepting tickets off Northern.
That is the whole point of a strike. Maximum impact. They're hardly going to do it on a Sunday morning only, as to not inconvenience anybody!
Remember that it takes two to tango. I am only surprised it had taken this long for the Union to call out shocking levels of pay... what South division drivers start at will be less than minimum wage for 25+ (expected to rise to £9.00), within the next 18 months.
(03 Dec 2018, 8:58 pm)L469 YVK wrote Could drivers from the Northumbria depots (Jesmond, Blyth, Ashington) or Yorkshire be drafted in or could they refuse to help if asked?
Depends what their contract states with regards to place of work. Yorkshire I'd suggest would have to be volunteers, based on the geography, but you'd have to be pretty low to voluntarily cover a colleague out on strike...
