Ayrshire Areas without Buses for Six Weeks as Stagecoach Drivers Walk Out over Pay

Stagecoach West Scotland drivers launch six week strike

430 bus drivers for Stagecoach West Scotland from the company's Arran, Ardrossan, and Kilmarnock depots launched a six week strike, June 9, to increase their poverty level pay. The strike follows months of prevarication by the trade union, Unite.

Ayrshire areas without buses for six weeks as Stagecoach drivers walk out over pay

Areas of the West of Scotland face being without bus services for six weeks as drivers begin a lengthy strike

Bus Strikes Will Leave Some Ayrshire Rural Communities Cutoff From Major Towns

The Stagecoach Bus Strikes which begin across Ayrshire tomorrow, daily for upto 6 weeks will leave some Ayrshire Rural communities completely Cutoff From any major town. Areas like Drongan, Rankinston, Mossblown, Tarbolton, Kirkmichael, Dunure, Straiton & several other areas will be left with no bus services and no other affordable travel alternatives to access major towns like Ayr. The industrial action comes after drivers voted overwhelmingly …