The strike by 1,300 bus drivers and depot staff at Go North East ... compared to those at Go North West (GNW) on £15.53 an hour. Go-Ahead rakes in £84 million a year from its bus operations. ...

Passengers will face major disruption when about 1,300 Go North East staff walk ... Go North East drivers are currently paid £12.83 per hour and Go North West drivers are paid £15.53 per ...

That pay deal would have seen drivers’ pay uplifted to £14.15 per hour – but the union has called on the company to match the superior average salary given to Go North West drivers, of £15.53.

Go North East had agreed a deal with Unite which was put to members this week. However, the offer was rejected by 81% on a turnout of 93%. ... where drivers are paid up to £15.53.

Around 1,300 bus workers at Go North East ... The pay uplift from £12.83 per hour to £14.15 would still have left them lagging behind bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester on £15.53 per ...

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More than £1m has already been paid to some 1,300 Go North East workers engaged in strike action. ... which is still less than the £15.53 wage paid to Go North West staff.

Go North East said its pay offer of 10.3% this year, followed by an above-inflation rise next year, ... on an inferior rate than colleagues at Go North West, who were currently paid £15.53.

The union has complained the average wage for a Go North East driver is £12.83 per hour, compared to £15.53 for drivers at Go North West – a rate that the company’s new offer still does not ...

Go North East has announced plans to save a number of bus services facing the axe - but fears remain that communities could still be cut off. Public transport giant Arriva said it intended to ...

According to Unite, the drivers’ rate of pay at Go North East is £12.83 per hour and claim the same workers at Go North West earn £15.53 per hour; equating to a loss of £105 per week on a 39 ...

Passengers will face major disruption when about 1,300 Go North East staff walk ... Go North East drivers are currently paid £12.83 per hour and Go North West drivers are paid £15.53 per ...