Two year enhanced pay offer gets support from membership 

 Unite the union has delivered a new pay deal for around 200 First Bus Aberdeen workers, Scotland’s leading transport trade union confirmed today (30 October).

Drivers, coach drivers and administrative staff at First Bus Aberdeen overwhelmingly backed an enhanced 7.2 per cent pay offer from the company which will take effect over two years.

The successful negotiations resulted in an enhanced 5.2 per cent offer from August 2024. A further two per cent increase from August 2025 will then run until the end of July 2026.  

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite has successfully negotiated a pay deal at First Bus Aberdeen for around 200 workers. It’s another example of Unite delivering better jobs, pay and conditions across the bus industry.”

Passenger Carrying Vehicle licence holders will receive a driver rate of £14 per hour after one year while administrative staff will receive either a flat-rate increase of £1007, or up to 5.2 per cent in year one and a minimum 2.2 per cent in year two, whichever is greater.

Isabella Sutherland Unite industrial officer said: “The deal over two years will produce a welcome pay boost for our members at First Bus Aberdeen. We are pleased the deal received the backing of our members. Unite is fully determined to ensure that we improve the rates of pay of bus workers across the North East.”  

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Unite Scotland is the country’s biggest and most diverse trade union with around 150,000 members. The union is led in Scotland by Derek Thomson.