Bus driver strikes called off after new pay offer

STRIKES which could have disrupted hundreds of bus passengers in Rotherham have been called off after a transport company made a new pay offer.

Trade union Unite said around 900 First bus drivers working across South Yorkshire would suspend two 24-hour strikes planned for Saturday, July 27, and Saturday, August 3, after a new pay offer was made today (Monday).

Bus drivers will vote on the new pay offer next Tuesday, July 30.

Unite regional officer Phil Bown said: "We held further talks with the management today and an improved offer was made which we will now be balloting our members on.

"We are recommending that they accept this new package.

“As a result, the two strikes on the successive Saturdays have been suspended and our members will be working normally.

“We won’t be revealing the terms of the offer until our members have had an opportunity to consider and vote on it.”