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06 Jan 2020

Bus drivers could strike

Bus drivers in London are so exhausted they are at risk of being a danger to passengers and other road users, a union has said.

Unite plans to ballot its 20,000 members and said if they backed industrial action, drivers would strike ‘later this year’.

Two buses cross Kingston Bridge
Unite has called for ‘decisive action’

A spokesman said bus drivers were suffering ‘chronic fatigue’ and had ‘had enough’.

Transport for London (TfL) said it was ‘such a complex and multifaceted issue there [was] no quick single fix’.

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06 Jan 2020 | 11:35

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