• A strike by 2,300 engineers meant most of London buses were off the road last Friday.
27th August 1987, Page 19
27th August 1987
Page 19
Page 19, 27th August 1987
— • A strike by 2,300 engineers meant most of London buses were off the road last Friday.
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The dispute was in protest at changes in working contracts as a result of competitive route tendering. A nine-hour meeting with ACAS failed to avert the strike, which arose after union leaders rejected a pay and conditions offer from London Bus, successful tenderer for five Norbiton routes on the basis that costs would be cut.
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