Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner, other local MPs and local government leaders will attend a demonstration this Friday in support of striking First Manchester bus drivers.
Angela Rayner will be joined by local Oldham MP Jim McMahon, Louise Haigh MP, Labour’s shadow transport spokesperson Nav Mishra, MP for Stockport, Arooj Shah, leader of Oldham council, Cllr Vimal Choksi of Tameside council and other local councillors.
The 300 bus drivers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, have already taken six days of strike action in the dispute over low rates of pay. The dispute is set to intensify next week as the workers will be taking three days of strike action a week until the end of February.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “The support by Angela Rayner and local politicians is warmly welcome. They will have the opportunity to speak directly to drivers who can explain the effect that low pay is having on them and their families and how the cost of living crisis is making their lives ever more difficult.
“Unite always puts the jobs, pay and conditions of its members first and our drivers at First Manchester will receive the union’s unwavering support until this dispute is resolved.”
