Arriva Strike

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva Strike

(30/11/2017 17:57)mikestone Wrote:  Are Arriva bus drivers contractually obliged to work Sundays?

The drivers contract is normally stipulated as working 5 over 7 with various shift patterns.
The only exceptions is if your on a fixed line on the facility rosta where you work fixed days.

[RedPanda]

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(30/11/2017 19:00)Barney Wrote:  This sounds like you favour the Donald Trump diplomatic approach: spout ill-informed nonsense and actively seek to inflame a situation. Sack the whole workforce? Apart from being illegal it would be totally impractical and impossible to recruit and train 2000 people to do this type of work in less than a year.

My thoughts exactly! Selling part of the business would be a more sensible option as it's legal and realistic

[Metroline1511]

RE: Arriva Strike

(27/11/2017 14:03)SSS871 Wrote:  Seems madness on the company's part to run that service with the limited resources Birkenhead has, given that Stagecoach already provide a 20 min frequency a large swathes of the Wirral (particularly Wallasey) currently have no service whatsoever.

With regards to the changing of the days, it wouldn't be worth holding a strike if there was no impact to passengers. It's obviously designed to get Arriva round the table and improve their offer. The fact that Arriva feels able to absorb the cost of so many strike days suggests the money is there to meet the deal to Unions want.

That's probably the whole idea. They can say with hand on heart that they have restored some services, but with minimal benefit to passengers thus maximum embarrassment to Arriva management.

[WAITING FOR THE 437]

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Does anyone know what the staff have asked for in terms of pay rise & what has been offered? Are they still miles apart? Lots of people are becoming very tired of these strikes now.

[St Helens Rider]

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Slight difference today at Southport - whereas last week a limited 44 service was running, today no 44's but the 49 is running a limited service. Unlike last week, nothing so far from Birkenhead.

[knutstransport]

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(04/12/2017 09:31)WAITING FOR THE 437 Wrote:  Does anyone know what the staff have asked for in terms of pay rise & what has been offered? Are they still miles apart? Lots of people are becoming very tired of these strikes now.

Union want 3% rise from day 1, Arriva have offered 2.6% rise increasing to the equivalent of 3% extra after 6 months. Apparently it's to bring different depots on to the same pay so I think it's only former MTL depots who would get the full 3% and apparently Macclesfield staff would get nothing extra even if Arriva meet the union's demands.

[508143]

RE: Arriva Strike
If my memory serves me correctly, birkenhead depot was under mtl when it was merseybus before artiva took over.

[YN05 WKE]

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(04/12/2017 09:43)St Helens Rider Wrote:  Slight difference today at Southport - whereas last week a limited 44 service was running, today no 44's but the 49 is running a limited service. Unlike last week, nothing so far from Birkenhead.

Not tracking but seen 1 bus on a 471 short to Birkenhead at 1030

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva Strike

(04/12/2017 12:55)E208 WBG Wrote:  Not tracking but seen 1 bus on a 471 short to Birkenhead at 1030

Arriva dont operate the 471 birkenhead bound ? only the 472.

[YN05 WKE]

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(04/12/2017 13:03)wirralbus Wrote:  Arriva dont operate the 471 birkenhead bound ? only the 472.

Well destinations said 'Birkenhead 471' could be a simple mistake