Arriva Strike

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva Strike
Most people stick with Arriva in St Helens because the vast majority of them use Arriva tickets so the smaller operators are of no use. That in itself brings up issues on strike days for many routes (except the HTL 17/30 which can accept these tickets) where people will try to get on with these tickets, Merseytravel themselves have made no effort to allow those tickets to be used on these services on strike days which should show you how little they care about that matter. The issue with retaining staff simply comes down to pay, especially at the operation I currently work at where you get paid barely over the living wage. Couple that with sub standard conditions, buses and not being paid for everything you do, is it any wonder drivers leave for either better paid independents and Stagecoach or Arriva?