Workers are set to walk out - but transport bosses say services will still be running
Passengers are being warned to expect disruption in the run up to Christmas after a series of strike dates were announced. Members of two trade unions - Unite and Unison - are involved in a dispute with Transport for Greater Manchester .
Unite says the dispute involves members of TfGM staff who are low-paid, who recent rejected the offer of a £1,290 pay increase. The union says it wants to secure a pay increase which 'takes into account the cost of living crisis and reverses the fall in the value of their wages in real terms'. Talks with TfGM have so far been inconclusive, with Unite claiming that the key sticking point has been a failure to include pay increases for all grades. The union admits passengers will face 'serious disruption' as a result of the strikes.
Asked if he would consider a pay rise similar to the 15 per cent increase over three years which was issued to rail workers earlier this year, Mr Burnham added: "What people don’t realise is that with the rail situation there was a long-standing dispute. It’s not like we’re sitting on a load of money and withholding it from people. We’re trying to be fair to everybody.”
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