Arriva North West bus strike

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RE: Potential Arriva North West bus strike

(23/07/2022 18:51)iMarkeh Wrote:  If the pay is that poor, why aren't all these drivers leaving to go to the really highly paid companies? We have a driver shortage, you can walk into another operator and start work that day.



DISCLAIMER:
This isn't me saying that I am against the whole strike. It is purely in reply to the comment made that drivers are paid next to nothing.

Maybe they like the job, but not the pay. They won't be the first employees in any profession to be in this situation.

During lockdown, the bus companies were well compensated for their lack of trade. This hasn't gone unnoticed by staff who are mindful that the employer is flush, yet in comparison they are getting very little.

The bus companies are playing a dangerous game - it is the ultimate folly of deregulation in that who do they back? The shareholders or the staff?