
Your role as an equality rep
In your role as a union equality rep you work alongside other union reps to promote equality, tackle discrimination and to recruit, organise, represent and involve all members, with support and assistance from the union, other reps, union education, your regional officer and regional women’s & equalities officer.
Contact Kim Or Liam to find out more and put yourself forward. You get free training and support
BUS UNION RMT confirmed today that strike action on Stagecoach buses in the South West goes ahead on Monday as part of the fight for pay justice for bus workers.
The union has reacted angrily by attempts by Stagecoach managers to try and link any pay deal to cuts to existing staff benefits, meaning that a pay increase would only be awarded with savage reductions in sick pay and other basic working conditions. Management failed to make any serious offer in acas talks today.
The scandal of bus worker pay, where drivers earn less than £23,000 for taking responsibility for the safety of a packed vehicle and are left alone and vulnerable late at night, is sparking an exodus which will hit school children and the poorest in our communities hard.
Read more: strike action on Stagecoach buses in the South West

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