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Dozens of bus drivers in the Hutt Valley plan to hit Monday as students return to school.
The Wellington Trolley Union Protests Against Illegal and Dangerous Hours of Work
. The trucking union that represents the drivers says protesting the illegal and dangerous work schedules established by bus operator Tranzit.
The union filed a strike notice Friday night that will see 50 drivers leave work Monday morning.
"Someone starts and works five and a half hours and has half an hour to take his meal, work another half hour, then have two hours of unpaid leave, and then a half -time, then another meal break, then work five more hours, "said Trams Union representative, Graeme Clarke
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He says he's been chatting with Union Tramways in the last six weeks and be ready to discuss a possible collective agreement.
However, Graeme Clark said that Tranzit had not been ready with these conditions.
"Six weeks ago, they said that they were going to start negotiations with the union within seven days, and we are still waiting, they have done absolutely nothing, "he said
in a week in trouble for Tranzit as he sta The regional council, which gave him the contract, acknowledged that there is was having problems with a shortage of bus drivers and technical problems with the bus stop alert system.
There will probably be more complaints, and you know that on behalf of the council, all I can do is really excuse myself for that and assure people that it will go better, "Chris Leidlaw, chairman of Greater Wellington Regional Council
Despite the strike, Tranzit says he's ready for back to school on Monday morning.
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