TALKS between senior management, staff and union officials have failed to resolve the pay freeze dispute at local bus company Network Warrington, which means strike action will start this Friday.
Management at Network Warrington say they are “extremely disappointed” at the stance the staff are taking following their first pay freeze in 16 years and are keen to resolve the dispute.
The planned strikes are:
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Friday, September 13
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Saturday, September 21
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Sunday, September 29
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Monday, October 7
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Tuesday, October 15
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Wednesday, October 23
•Commencing at 00:01 hours on Thursday, October 31
A staff meeting took place last night (Tuesday) regarding the above and at this point Strike action is still going to take place on the dates
mentioned above.
The Company’s contracted services for Lymm Academy and Cardinal Newman High School will operate as normal this Friday.
In addition contracted services for O2, Birchwood Park, Olympic Park and United Utilities will also operate as normal.
No other Network Warrington bus services will operate on Friday.
The Network Warrington website will be updated regularly to notify customers of any services running on the remaining strike days and the company requests that customers visit the website before travelling at www.networkwarrington.co.uk
3 Comments
16 years without a pay freeze! Wow. Must be nice.
These employees need to get in the real world – having enjoyed the benefits of pay rises for the past 16 years I would suggest the company should look at introducing a pay cut – not just a pay freeze – perhaps the management should set an example and take a pay cut first?
Although I appreciate the bus service and it’s operators surely they must realise that at this moment in time money is very sparce, I myself have not had a pay rise in two years. As Warringtonian mentioned above, maybe the management need to lead the way and accept the pay freeze or even a slight pay reduction as these people must be on one hell of a pay packet.