Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(03/02/2016 01:47)E208 WBG Wrote:  It's all politics.....if you drive small buses on set rota you be on lower rate

Same with P&R drivers are on lower rate than standard drivers and school drivers are on different than standard drivers
(Every firm and most garages all have different specifications does not matter if there stagecoach Gillmoss, stagecoach birkenhead, happy ALS, a2b or Gha they be all paid different rates of pay)

Another consequence of deregulation, privatisation and a free-market economy. Once upon a time there was a standard rate of pay within each company irrespective of which depot you worked out of or vehicle type driven. I read an interesting article recently on how First Bristol turned round a failing service by INCREASING rates of pay for its drivers. In the long run it saved the company money, drastically reduced lost mileage, increased patronage and greatly improved customer satisfaction.

The race to the bottom in rates of pay is now being applied in education and the health service. Good, hey?