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London bus workers win Olympic bonus - Daily Telegraph
However in the case of tube drivers this reflected the change in shift patterns which will come into force during the Games with services running later into the night.
The decision to offer bonuses to all bus drivers, irrespective of whether the Games will have any impact on their working day was condemned by Priti Patel, Tory MP for Witham.
“It is quite extraordinary,” said “It sends out the wrong signal in an age of austerity to be handing out cash payments to people who are doing nothing other than their day job.”
The union had justified its claim saying that bus drivers faced a bigger workload because of the additional passengers who will use the network during the Olympics.
"After almost a year long campaign, bus workers finally have a fair deal which recognises their contribution to keeping London moving over the Olympics,” said Peter Kavanagh, Unite’s general secretary for London.
"Major disruption to London's transport network and international embarrassment in the run-up to the Olympics could have been avoided if TfL and the employers did the right thing when Unite first approached them almost a year ago.
“Instead bus workers had to fight tooth and nail to get recognition.”
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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