Strike

Here we go again.

Industrial action affecting bus services in Wellington.

With shades what also happened in Auckland late last year, the unions are taking strike action over negotiations with NZ Bus.

The Tramways Union and Manufacturing and Construction Workers Union have given notice to Go Wellington.City Line (Valley Flyer) and Mana bus services of a strike by union members next Wednesday.

Strike action would hit Wellington bus commuters hard

The strike will take place to allow union members to meet at 10.00am to discuss further industrial action with regard to collective agreement negotiations that have not started more than two months after all three companies received notice from the unions requesting initiation of bargaining.

The unions have sought a multi employer regional agreement covering most of Wellington’s public passenger transport drivers.

Secretary of the union’s Wellington branch , Kevin O’Sullivan, said that the employers (NZ Bus & Mana Coach Services) have “refused to agree to a realistic process for negotiations, a process which has not been an issue previously.

“The delaying tactics used by the employers need to cease so that positive and constructive negotiations for the drivers of Wellington’s buses can commence.”

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