Stagecoach South
Yorkshire strike day 11: Management getting desperate!
08 February It
was -15C overnight. Pickets arrive at Rawmarsh (Rotherham) depot at
4-30am. Water has been poured over the footpath where the strikers
assemble making it into a skating ring. How vindictive and dangerous is
that? Just shows how desperate Stagecoach bosses are getting.
Over 300 bus drivers in Barnsley and Rotherham, members
of Unite, are now on their 11th day of strike action for decent pay.
Their �9/hour claim has been met but they are sticking out for back-pay
from last year and will not accept a pay freeze for the next year.
Stagecoach are doing everything to try to break this strike. Since
November, they have bussed in management and scabs from around the
country. Now they are advertising for scabs in the Barnsley JobCentre:
�500/week, free accommodation, free bar and bonus! We�ve contacted the
DWP union the PCS to try to get this withdrawn.
Stagecoach have cut their fares to only �1 and can run no services after
6pm. They are losing �millions to try to break the union. But boosted by
a big solidarity march in Barnsley last Saturday, the strikers are
determined to win. They are on strike again on Friday and have named
another 4 strike days in March.
Messages of support should be emailed to Barnsley Unite branch secretary
Tony Rushforth at:
[email protected].
Cheques should be made payable to TGWU 9/9 Barnsley and sent to A
Rushforth, 45 Tune Street, Wombwell, BarnsleyS73 8PX