(10 Mar 2013, 3:56 pm)Brandon wrote

(10 Mar 2013, 3:13 pm)Daniel wrote

(10 Mar 2013, 3:06 pm)citaro5284 wrote Lets think about it, months of talking has lead to nowhere, so unless there is more talking done, it will go ahead. You say GNE don't want to lose takings which will be right, but where will the extra money come from to pay what the unions are wanting, somebody will have to give.

Most drivers will not cross a picket line even if they are not in a union, so cannot really operate a reduced Sunday service as this will still take quite a large amount of drivers.

I don't know if, in 2009 (the strike that I mentioned above), drivers were temporarily brought over from other depots to cover for those striking or not, but it seems an approximation of a Sunday service was being covered that day?
Obviously won't be possible to have a Sunday service if that was the case, as all depots are affected this time around.

Previous strike day was on 24 August 2009 at Washington and Deptford only. A token £1 flat fare was in operation on that day (made the most of a trip to Newcastle!) - and Yellow Bus Volvo Olympians were drafted in for operation on a number of routes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8216664.stm

http://www.travelnortheast.co.uk/news/st...Today.html