Huddersfield First bus strikes suspended following improved pay offer
- Friday 31 January 2025
Huddersfield bus strikes by drivers employed by First West Yorkshire have been suspended after an improved pay offer was put forward.
Industrial action has been suspended to allow around 170 drivers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, to be balloted on the new offer.
Unite regional officer Darren Rushworth said: “Following an improved offer from First West Yorkshire, Unite has suspended strikes in order to ballot its members on the new offer.”
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Unite is Britain and Ireland’s largest union with members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Sharon Graham.