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Post by romfordbuses on Nov 28, 2012 16:06:47 GMT
PS Standard journo, it's Arriva London North not North London  ;D Been changed now ;D |
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Post by beaver14uk on Nov 28, 2012 16:19:43 GMT
It always was for real, hence the post. I'm onboard DLA243, the iBus has a scrolling message "Industrial action planned tomorrow, see www.tfl.gov.uk/buses", so it looks like this will be for real... Tomorrow will be interesting for travel to work  Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards |
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Post by RM5chris on Nov 28, 2012 16:26:53 GMT
This is Unite's press release: - www.unitetheunion.org/news__events/latest_news/thousands_of_london_bus_worker.aspxThousands of London bus workers to take strike action over pay freeze 28 November 2012 Over 2,000 bus drivers from nine garages across north London will take 24 hour strike action from 3am tomorrow (Thursday 29 November 2012) following Arriva North's decision not to award workers a percentage pay increase this year despite massive profits. DB Group which owns Arriva PLC made €853.6 million in profit before tax in the half year to 30 June this year. 93 per cent of the drivers who took part in the ballot voted for strike action. |
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Post by moz on Nov 28, 2012 19:53:47 GMT
Just to nail this one down quickly, London South are merely being balloted on an offer not on strike action. If anything I doubt any sort of action in the South as we've been made a very tempting offer! Moz Do I assume that each bit of Arriva London (not Shires or Kent) has its own pay rates and terms and conditions? Seems bizarre that ALS have given a "tempting" offer and ALN have managed to trigger strike action. I assume ALN have had a ballot on a pay offer and that it has been rejected in order to get to the point of strike action. Yes, Arriva London North and South have differing Ts & Cs and therefore separate unions which all stems from the original LBL sell-offs. I know North have a slightly higher hourly rate than South, but South has more generous unsocial hours payments and holiday allowances. I'll not give full details, but the South offer is a four figure lump sum plus a reasonable percentage hourly wage rise from Jan 1st next year. Moz |
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Post by rambo on Nov 28, 2012 20:40:26 GMT
weve been offered 2.3% and a one off lump sum of £100.
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Post by daveb0789 on Nov 28, 2012 20:48:43 GMT
Could I know the details please ? I used to work for Arriva London North. Did you mean a lump sum of £100 or £1000?
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Post by VPL630 on Nov 28, 2012 22:22:38 GMT
Routes NOT running tomorrow
29, 34, 38, 41, 73, 76, 78, 102, 121, 123, 125, 128, 135,
141, 144, 149, 150, 168, 173, 184, 192, 221, 242, 243,
253, 254, 279, 307, 313, 317, 318, 325, 327, 329, 341,
349, 377, 379, 382, 393, 397, 444, 491, 617, 647, 657,
678, W3, W6 W11, N29, N38, N41, N73, N76, N253 and N279
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Post by bigbaddom1981 on Nov 28, 2012 23:24:27 GMT
Just an example, the 259 will be the only route operating the Edmonton/ manor house areas, so will go ahead put extra buses on or run a normal service coz its gonna be mental on that route tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 23:31:54 GMT
Just an example, the 259 will be the only route operating the Edmonton/ manor house areas, so will go ahead put extra buses on or run a normal service coz its gonna be mental on that route tomorrow Unless TFL tell them to, I doubt operators will be shelling out significant amounts to put extra buses on their routes. |
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Post by Steve80 on Nov 29, 2012 0:51:36 GMT
This is Unite's press release: - www.unitetheunion.org/news__events/latest_news/thousands_of_london_bus_worker.aspxThousands of London bus workers to take strike action over pay freeze 28 November 2012 Over 2,000 bus drivers from nine garages across north London will take 24 hour strike action from 3am tomorrow (Thursday 29 November 2012) following Arriva North's decision not to award workers a percentage pay increase this year despite massive profits. DB Group which owns Arriva PLC made €853.6 million in profit before tax in the half year to 30 June this year. 93 per cent of the drivers who took part in the ballot voted for strike action. So for two years, they have refused to increase pay for their staff despite profits. Its no wonder that they are going on strike. I like to hear arriva views on this. Any idea on how much arriva north are currently earning per hour? |
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Post by smiler52 on Nov 29, 2012 9:00:25 GMT
just done a check on the lvf there is 2 buses on the 38 1 being a normal 38 and 1 being 38x and 2 buses on the 73
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Post by bigbaddom1981 on Nov 29, 2012 9:37:15 GMT
Last LVF check:
6x 149
11x 29 (including 2x VLW bizarrely!)
5x 102
5x 243
3 x 123 (all DWs)
No 279, 121, 329, 144, W3
There was a learner DWL out though!
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Post by TA1 on Nov 29, 2012 9:58:37 GMT
The 123 is operating a 3 bus service at present
Was in Forest Gate, this morning and the 325 appeared to of been operating a normal-ish service, which begs the question did Arriva DX walk out too?
128,150 appear to be operating, although with curtailments.
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Post by mondraker275 on Nov 29, 2012 10:01:37 GMT
This is nonsense, you either have no buses instead of having 2 buses on a route. One bus on 38? Thats just going to trick people to wait for a bus.
I thought Arriva were striking for being forced to use the NB4L. ;D
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Post by romfordbuses on Nov 29, 2012 10:20:01 GMT
I thought Arriva were striking for being forced to use the NB4L. ;D Who could blame them? ;D According to this; www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/bus-strike-service-levels.pdfQuite a few routes are running a limited service, With the 150 the only route running a full service. How would these be run? Drivers not on strike or are other companies helping out? |
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