Stagecoach West Scotland strike action suspended after new pay offer

Unite the union can confirm tonight (17 June) that strike action involving 430 Stagecoach West Scotland drivers will be suspended from tomorrow after a new pay offer was put to the workers.

Strike action has been continuous since 9 June and it was scheduled to last until 21 July. Action will now be suspended from 15:00 18 June subject to the result of an all members ballot on the pay offer.

The drivers will be balloted on the new offer with the process expected to be completed by Friday afternoon. 

The strike action directly impacted Stagecoach West Scotland operations out of several depots in Ayr, Arran, Ardrossan, and Kilmarnock servicing passengers across bus routes in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Glasgow. The bus depots in Dumfries and Galloway are not involved in this phase of strike action.

Siobhan McCready, Unite industrial officer, said: “Unite’s members at Stagecoach West Scotland have fought hard to get an improved pay offer on the table. Strike action has now been suspended as an act of good faith while members are balloted on the new offer.”

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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.