First Cymru

Type: Company
Name: First Cymru
First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports
First Cymru
First Cymru

People in Swansea given chance to receive free bus tickets on...

PEOPLE in Swansea are being encouraged to take the bus instead of using their cars to travel and being rewarded for their efforts with the chance to claim free bus tickets.Lucky commuters using Swansea's Quadrant Bus Station on Friday could receive a ... [Published This Is South Wales - Apr 23 2013]

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Maesteg depot closed with 100 percent support for the strike. One picket told Socialist Worker, "The BBC are putting out that we earn £27,000 a year and have turned down a 5 percent offer. But thats rubbish. ?Last year I earned less than £17,000 and that is with overtime. The offer we voted against was for 1 percent this year and 2 percent next year with strings attached?. At a picket of over 20 at Ravenhill, Unite branch chair Ray Thomas said, ?People have not had a decent pay rise for years and drivers are on very low wages. ?We dont want to hurt customers but this is the only way left. There will have to be more action to win.? In 2011 First Group, owners of First Cymru, made £137 million in profit and paid out 7 percent dividends to its shareholders."
Strike halts First Cymru buses [Published Socialist Worker - Oct 01 2012]

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People in Swansea given chance to receive free ... [Published This Is South Wales - Apr 23 2013]
Strike halts First Cymru buses [Published Socialist Worker - Oct 01 2012]
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa [Published World Socialist Web Site - Sep 28 2012]
Pay row could stop buses in Wales [Published Socialist Worker - Sep 26 2012]
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