{"id":390763,"date":"2025-09-02T02:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390763\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:19:15","slug":"bristol-bus-driver-strike-called-off-after-new-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390763\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol bus driver strike called off after new development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 600 Unite members were due to take industrial action<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_7ae2e9\">Kirstie McCrum<\/strong> Network Content Editor<\/p>\n<p>19:00, 01 Sep 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_BR_PG_230323transport_bus-351.jpg\" alt=\"Various bus services seen arcoss Bristol, Thursday 23 March 2023.  STOCK: First Bus, transport, sustainable, metro bus, subway, tube, commute, commuter, clean air zone, timetable, late, full, cost of living, rush hour, congestion, rain, euro 6 bus,  route, limited service,    cuts, driver shortage,  franchise system. PHOTO:PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach Plc\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The first period of planned industrial action by First Bus drivers was due to start this week (file photo)(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A strike of bus drivers in Bristol was postponed today (Monday) after bus company First West of England reportedly made a new pay offer. Industrial action was mooted as a possibility last month involving almost 600 members of the Unite union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Bus drivers at First West of England&#8217;s City Line who operate out of the inner city Lawrence Hill and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/hengrove\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hengrove<\/a> bus depots <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/bristol-bus-drivers-threaten-strike-10408849\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">were due to walk out in a show of industrial action following the dispute about pay<\/a>. Unite said, following negotiations between the employer and the union, an improved offer had been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Thanks to the change in circumstances, the first period of planned industrial action which was due to run from this Thursday, September 4 to September 8 has been suspended. Unite will be balloting the workers on this offer over the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Unite regional officer Ken Fish said: &#8220;Following an improved offer from First West of England City Line, Unite has suspended industrial action due to take place later this week so workers can have their say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Last month, Doug Claringbold, the Managing Director for First Bus in the West of England, said the company was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; that employees had been balloted for industrial action while negotiations on their part were continuing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">BristolLive has contacted First West of England regarding the postponement of the planned action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost 600 Unite members were due to take industrial action Kirstie McCrum Network Content Editor 19:00, 01 Sep&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,3374,393,45266,4884,10001,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-390763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-employment","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-firstgroup","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-hengrove","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115132312051356041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}