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Dates for the industrial action are yet to be announced. The bus depots which will be affected by any action are: Consett, Gateshead, Hexham, Percy Main ( North Shields), Sunderland and Washington. Existing strike action which is scheduled to begin on Saturday for seven days will go ahead as planned on the following days: More than 1,300 workers from Go North East have voted for industrial action following "below-inflation offers". The mass walk out is expected to bring bus services in the region to a standstill. I think this book is great! It shows a different time and place than where we live today. It shows how we have grown as a nation. The best part of this book is that it is a true story, which I feel makes the reader connect more emotionally to what is being said.

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Go North East business director Ben Maxfield blamed Unite for the new strike action, stating that union representatives walked away from a settlement. Harrington’s writing reflects her beginnings in rural Alabama and her life in the Midwest. A former librarian and professional storyteller, Harrington now teaches creative writing in the Department of English at the University of Illinois. Gentle illustrations support the narrative as the girl watches the familiar landscape pass by. Cotton fields and the segregated gas stations recede, and new landscapes offer the promise of a better life. We have a number of communities to join, so you can choose which one you want to be part of and we'll send you the latest news direct to your phone. You could even join them all!

Unite's General Secretary Sharon Graham has also added her support to the workers in the dispute, saying earlier this week that: " This is appalling behaviour from Go North East. The parent company is awash with cash and yet it is refusing to offer our members a decent pay rise in the middle of a cost of living crisis.

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Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from the North East with our free newsletter Unite union members working for Go North East buses, which run across Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham and surrounding areas, have today (Friday 13 October) announced that they will be stepping up strike action with an all-out strike. Over 1,000 First Glasgow drivers are voting to strike over pay. The Unite members previously rejected a pay offer by 99 percent.

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Go North East bus drivers in Unite Union began their continuous strike outside the Go North East Riverside Depot in Gateshead (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) It’s not in our interests, or our passengers’ interests, to have a strike. Unfortunately, it appears some elements within Unite are hell-bent on this course of action, but we believe most of our drivers will want to see successful ACAS negotiations.

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Strike action has been voted for by members of Britain's largest trade union Unite. The ballot was 98 per cent in favour of industrial action with nearly an 85 per cent turn out. Unite is claiming - without any attempt at justification - that drivers have been offered a below inflation pay increase. The bottom line is that this simply isn’t true, which means that Unite would be striking for something they have already been offered. Workers at Go North East began an indefinite walkout on Saturday, having overwhelmingly rejected a pay deal aimed at averting the shutdown. It has meant that all services run by the company, which describes itself as the biggest bus operator in the region, are cancelled until further notice.Go North East workers at the Percy Main depot on the first day of their seven day strike action across the region (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) This week we are looking at two words which may be confused by learners of English: scarce and scarcely. Improve your English with Collins. I don’t think they are a million miles away from each other. I think a 12-week strike would be devastating for the bus sector and would do long-term damage, I don’t want to see that. There is mounting anger within the workforce over Unite’s handling of negotiations and their call for a continuous strike. Unite are literally rejecting a deal they themselves proposed. Wild and unfounded claims by the union of ‘paltry pay offers’, and false claims that the company are ‘not coming to the table’ don’t help”.