The 24-hour strike starting Friday will have an effect on Melbourne’s jap, southern and north-eastern suburbs, together with some college buses and routes that service faculties which can not function.
Nonetheless, all Division of Training specialist college buses and night time buses will function on schedule, as will regional providers.
TWU Victoria and Tasmania Department secretary Mike McNess mentioned drivers had been looking for improved situations and truthful wage will increase.
“We have a situation where two major bus operators in Victoria have shut the door in the face of loyal bus drivers who the Victorian public rely on,” he mentioned.
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“The operators’ refusal and inaction on important improvements to work-life balance and fair working conditions tells these bus drivers that their working conditions are not important to the operators.”
McNess mentioned drivers had been pressured to make the “tough decision” to withdraw their providers.
