"Stagecoach staff in Yorkshire strike due to pay row", 30 November 2021

More than 560 Stagecoach bus drivers based in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham in Yorkshire have been striking over a pay dispute.

The organisation’s employees were balloted earlier this month (November) for strike action after a pay offer was rejected, with the results revealing that they supported the idea...

According to the union, Stagecoach offered its South Yorkshire workers a 2% pay rise, which was below what it had offered employees in other areas of the country...

Phil Medlicott, Stagecoach Yorkshire’s managing director, explained that he was disappointed with the union’s response and that staff had been offered a 4.5% increase to their hourly pay rate...

“Despite the positive and flexible approach we have taken in talks with the union, it’s very disappointing that this has progressed to strike action which is in nobody’s interests. We remain open to continuing discussions with the union and would urge them to call off this unnecessary action, which will cause untold inconvenience to local communities and will hit the pockets of our employees and their families,” Medlicott said.