Following strike action at the beginning of 2015 undertaken by Unite bus drivers, the union has secured negotiations, facilitated by the state conciliation service ACAS, with London's 18 bus companies that have come together as a single bargaining unit, for a collective agreement over terms and working conditions for its 27,000 bus drivers.
Further strike action was averted when the bus companies agreed to come together as a single bargaining unit This is a new departure from twenty years of company level negotiations since London’s bus services were privatized. Fragmented negotiations have led to current wide disparities in wages, a topic however that is not covered in the new collective agreement outline.
The bus companies involved in the dispute are: Arriva North, Arriva South, Selkent, Go Ahead, London General, Metroline, Metro
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