From the picket line

A snapshot from one of the picket lines, which were in place across London’s 70 bus garages as over 20,000 bus workers working for 18 bus operators took part in a 24-hour strike to end unfair pay disparities across the capital’s bus network today.

Claiming solid support for the strike, Unite urged TfL and the mayor of London to ‘bang the bus operators’ heads together’ to get them to sit down collectively with the union to resolve the dispute.

Unite claims a refusal by the operators to address pay inequality has led to pay gaps of over ÂŁ3 an hour for new starters opening up, with pay varying from ÂŁ9.30 to ÂŁ12.34 an hour depending on the company.