{"id":685645,"date":"2026-01-10T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685645\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T00:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:51:12","slug":"first-bus-issue-update-on-possible-strikes-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/685645\/","title":{"rendered":"First Bus issue update on possible strikes in Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Around 50 staff who work at four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25157872.first-bus-news-interviews-updates-bus-operator\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Bus<\/a> depots, including two in Glasgow at Scotstoun and Gorbals, were in dispute with their employer over a pay offer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The employees, whose duties are cleaning and refuelling vehicles, were given an offer of an 8.4% pay rise over two years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25748345.first-bus-staff-set-strike-risking-glasgow-fleet-taken-off-road\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Bus staff set to strike risking Glasgow fleet being taken off the road<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25750051.first-bus-industrial-action-glasgow--know-far\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Bus industrial action in Glasgow- what we know so far<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25754820.four-weeks-strike-action-cinema-staff-begins\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Further four weeks of strike action by cinema staff begins<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unite the Union accused First of &#8220;penny pinching&#8221; and had obtained a mandate for strike action following a ballot of its members at the depots, which took place in November and December last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Glasgow Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25750051.first-bus-industrial-action-glasgow--know-far\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported<\/a> no dates had been set for the strikes as talks were continuing this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, First Bus has now confirmed that there will be no industrial action next week and bus services will operate as normal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25754874.well-miss-loads---glasgow-bagel-coffee-spot-announces-closure\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;We&#8217;ll miss you loads&#8217; &#8211; Glasgow bagel and coffee spot announces closure<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25754841.secret-out---award-winning-butcher-shop-open-new-glasgow-location\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Secret is out&#8217; &#8211; Award-winning butcher shop to open new Glasgow location<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25754740.popular-burger-restaurant-chain-welcomes-customers-new-store\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popular burger restaurant chain welcomes customers to new store<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25754727.opening-date-revealed-new-scandi-chic-scots-spa-sprawling-sea-views\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opening date revealed for new Scandi-chic Scots spa with sprawling sea views<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following further discussions with Unite representatives, a ballot is to be held recommending acceptance of a new pay offer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Duncan Cameron, managing director of First Bus in Scotland, said: &#8220;We are pleased that the union has decided to suspend its planned strike while its members consider our new pay offer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We have always committed to working with Unite to agree a pay settlement for this group of staff and avoid unnecessary disruption to customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 50 staff who work at four First Bus depots, including two in Glasgow at Scotstoun and Gorbals,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-685645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115868066298190762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685645","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=685645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}