9 Dec 2019

Auckland bus drivers march Queen St for better pay, hours

From Checkpoint, 6:14 pm on 9 December 2019

Thousands of commuters in Auckland will have their ride home from work disrupted this evening as a third of the city's buses remain out of action due to a heated industrial dispute.

Drivers working for NZ Bus are asking for more pay and better working conditions, and the buses they drive are out of action until the dispute is settled.

First Union has been in negotiations all day, after an eleventh-hour meeting last night failed to reach a resolution.

Hundreds of Auckland bus drivers marched up Queen Street on Monday.

RNZ reporter Amy Williams and video journalist Dan Cook were there.