Why is Stagecoach on strike?

Over 1,000 bus drivers associated with Unite at Stagecoach Manchester's Ashton, Hyde Road, Sharston and Stockport depots walked out on 11 August 2023 on a four-day strike, following the rejection of an initial 4% pay increase by Stagecoach management in June 2023, which was followed by an offer of a 14.3% pay increase ...



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Strikes by 350 Stagecoach bus drivers in Warwickshire have been cancelled after the workers accepted an improved pay offer, Unite, the UK's leading union, said today (Thursday).

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Why this petition matters. Stagecoach bus company has announced they intend on cancelling bus services numbers 11 & 12, connecting Cambridge to Ely via Newmarket (return) and Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds (return) in October 2022.

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Yes, Stagecoach buses have a toilet on board.

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The stagecoaches were largely replaced by the railroad in the East by the middle of the 19th century. The stagecoach, however, remained important for transportation in rural areas. Most isolated villages and hamlets were connected to the rail head and to the market place by the stagecoach until the 20th century.

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Stagecoach, which a decade back looked to swallow up National Express, now is set to be subsumed by its rival. The turnaround in its fortunes has been influenced by foreign ventures, and the pandemic has magnified all of its problems.

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Decline and evolution. The development of railways in the 1830s spelled the end for stagecoaches and mail coaches. The first rail delivery between Liverpool and Manchester took place on 11 November 1830. By the early 1840s most London-based coaches had been withdrawn from service.

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RMT are set to strike on the following dates in August and September 2023: Saturday, August 26. Saturday, September 2.

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