Arriva North West bus strike

[motormayhem1]

RE: Potential Arriva North West bus strike

(23/07/2022 18:51)iMarkeh Wrote:  Merseyside is one of the best paid in terms of bus operations. Not many bus operators match the Arriva Merseyside. Elsewhere, granted the gap is bigger but they'd be hard pressed to find another operator offering better.

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.

Drivers are leaving more than what's coming in due to leaving for jobs that either pay more or hours are not as unsociable.
10 people get offered an interview and yet only 1 or 2 turn up for them interviews and some that start seem to leave within the first 12 months due to stress of the job or unsociable hours.
a lot of people state 8% is a good offer and yeah it maybe for some but when the cost of living as risen to 10%+ then taking an 8% pay rise is still like a pay cut.
Stagecoach as listened to there staff eventually and given them 10%+ so why can't arriva offer the same as it's not a race to the bottom and every worker should be entitled to a livable pay rise that fits in with inflation.
The rich get richer while the workers get poorer and that's not how it should be.