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Coventry's buses were stationary last week following a walk-out by bus crews. -Due to unpaid breaks transport workers in Coventry are forced to work an average of 9 hours a day.
Fot some time they have been demanding a cut in the lunch break from 60 to 35 minutes.
The strike occurred after several workers including a steward were suspended for "too close interpretation of a work to rule"
In the background to this dispute lies the threat to bus services from public spending cuts in the West Midlands.
Subsidies are threatened by the cuts and the next period will see speed-ups, demands for flex ible ST A mass meeting of several hundred busmen was held on Friday 24th June and, despite lifting of the suspensions, voted to continue the strike until management arranged a meeting to discuss the shortening of hours.
OUT AGAIN
If after a week of discussions there was no improved offer they would be out again.
Within hours management bad arranged a meeting for Monday afternoon and the buses were due to start Monday morning.
Coventry busmen must link up with other workers to fight all these developments.