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The services that won't be running amid First bus drivers' strike action next week
23.01.2022 - 18:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bus passengers in Greater Manchester will not be able to catch a bus from First's Oldham depot on two days next week amid strike action.
First Manchester is again giving customers advance notice to plan ahead as no services will run from its headquarters at the Oldham depot on Monday, January 24 or Wednesday, January 26.
School buses, meanwhile, are expected to continue to run on those days.
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The Vantage V1 and V2 services based at a depot in Bolton for routes from Leigh and Atherton to Manchester Royal Infirmary are unaffected and continue to operate normally.
Unite the union, which represents more than 300 drivers planning to stike over a pay dispute, had warned last week of 'severe disruption' caused by walk-outs, which are also planned for January 31 and over 11 days in February.
Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary, said: "Bus drivers, including those at First Manchester, are no longer prepared to accept low rates of pay, for the difficult and stressful work they undertake.
"Unite now does exactly what it says on the trade union tin: it always fights to defend our members’ jobs, pay and conditions. The union will be providing its full support to our members at First Manchester until this dispute is resolved."
An ongoing sticking point is First Manchester's alleged refusal to backdate the last pay increase for 2021 to August 1.
Unite says the firm, which recorded an operating profit of £224,3m in 2021, can afford to settle the dispute.
Ian Humphreys, Managing Director of First Manchester, said: “The Company has offered a substantial increase to £13 per hour linked to the 2021 pay review.
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