Drivers at Arriva's Jesmond depot voted for indefinite strike action from 21st October, in opposition of the company's plans to close the depot. The strike action has since been called off, after a revised pay deal was offered.
https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-event...ond-depot/

According to the Newcastle Chronicle, Unite said that the bus company put forward a "substantially improved offer" after extensive negotiations. Drivers voted to accept the offer which included daily relocation payments and one-off payments in months following the depot's closure. Unite regional officer, Dave Telford, said: "After extensive negotiations, Arriva offered the employees affected a substantially improved offer which consisted of daily relocation payments and a series of one-off payments over the coming months. Following a ballot, this offer was accepted and the dispute has concluded."

The services from Jesmond depot that were planned to be disrupted were:

• X30 (16:33) Newcastle to Bebside not known if this journey will operate
  
• 43 Morpeth/Cramlington to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 44/45 Dinnington to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 46/46A Featherstone Grove to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 47 General Hospital to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 51 Whitley Bay to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 51A Holystone Park to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 52 Ashington/Cramlington to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 53 North Shields to Cramlington will be suspended
  
• 54 Whitley Bay to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• 55 Forest Hall to Newcastle will be suspended
  
• S105 Brunton Lane to St Cuthberts RC Lower School will be suspended
  
• 306 Whitley Bay/Tynemouth to Newcastle will operate with disruption
  
• 308 (Sun/Bank Hol) Blyth to Newcastle will operate with disruption
  
• 553 Battle Hill to Freeman Hospital/Regent Centre will be suspended
  
• 555 Quorum Park to Four Lane Ends will be suspended
  
• S652 (pm) Killingworth East Bailey to Northumberland Park West Allotment will be suspended
  
• S654 Northumberland Park West Allotment to Killingworth East Bailey will be suspended
  
• S656 Killingworth East Bailey to Northumberland Park West Allotment will be suspended
  
• 685 Carlisle/Hexham to Newcastle Arriva journeys will operate with disruption
  
• S693 Wideopen to Seaton Burn North Gosforth Academy will be suspended
  
• S699 Seaton Burn North Gosforth Academy to Wideopen will be suspended
  

Updated on 21st October 2022