11.5 per cent pay uplift delivered for 430 drivers
 
Unite can confirm that strike action involving 430 Stagecoach West Scotland drivers is over after the drivers overwhelmingly accepted an 18-month pay deal worth 11.5 per cent on basic pay.
The pay deal amounts to an increase backdated to January which takes basic hourly pay from £13 per hour to £14 in June this year, and then from February 2026 the rate will be lifted to £14.50 until July 2026 when pay negotiations will be renewed.
Strike action has been continuous since 9 June and was scheduled to last until 21 July. 
Sharon Graham Unite general secretary said: “Unite’s members at Stagecoach West Scotland have stood firm to get an improved pay offer. The dispute has been resolved only through the brave stance of the drivers taking strike action. This dispute was all about decency and fair pay. Unite will always stand up for our members fighting for better jobs, pay and conditions.”
The industrial dispute 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. 
Siobhan McCready, Unite industrial officer, said: “The drivers were only asking to be paid at a rate similar to other Stagecoach drivers across the UK. The pay deal will take our members to a level that represents significant progress from where this dispute started. Strike action is now over and our members can get back to doing what they do best which is to provide a first rate bus service for communities across the west of Scotland.”
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