Bus strikes in Leeds cancelled after new pay offer

Drivers will vote on the new offer in a ballot next Tuesday

A strike planned by bus drivers in Leeds on Monday has been called off after they were offered a new pay deal.

First Bus drivers voted for a series of one-day strikes in the run-up to Christmas in protest at a pay freeze.

However, the drivers' union Unite agreed to suspend industrial action after a meeting with First directors at the company's Leeds HQ on Thursday.

A revised pay offer will be put to Unite's 1,025 members in Leeds in a ballot on Tuesday.

Dave Alexander, managing director of First in West Yorkshire, said: "I would like to thank Unite for suspending Monday's strike action and ensuring that our customers will not be inconvenienced."

Unite regional officer Phil Bown said: "A revised pay offer has now been put to us and we will put that before our members to vote on."

Two other strikes had been planned on Saturday 12 December and Saturday 19 December.

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