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by *Daphna Whitmore* This week 800 unionised bus drivers in Auckland were suspended from work after they refused to collect fares as part of a campaign of industrial action. Drivers working for Auckland’s largest bus company NZ Bus are asking for more pay and better working conditions after being offered only a 2% pay rise. With NZ Bus suspending union members and cancelling services around 70,000 commuters each day are being affected during the busiest time of the year. The suspension is aimed at coercing the drivers, but the mood of the workers is to continue to hold the line. They are fighting a long-running problem of low wages and split shifts. Bus drivers are paid on average $22 an hour and have unpaid downtime during their shifts. They start work early in the morning and can finish 12 hours later without making the equivalent of the minimum wage. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2019/12/12/bus-strikes-suspensions-and-solidarity/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
