Bus drivers ballot against pay robbery

Abellio London bus workers were told their 2015 pay award – 2% plus other benefits – due in January had been “suspended”. This, the second half of a two-year deal negotiated last year, would be used to recover company losses from the all London bus drivers’ strikes.

In a ballot last week across all five depots – Battersea, Beddington, Hayes, Twickenham and Walworth – Unite members voted overwhelmingly by 528 to 12 for strike action. The next step is a formal postal ballot.