19 Nov 2018

Go Bus security 'thugs' at lock-out - Jared Abbott

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 19 November 2018

Go Bus Hamilton is locking out bus drivers who planned to stop collecting fares from passengers as part of ongoing industrial action.

One hundred and twenty drivers voted to stop taking fares in a bid to get Go Bus to give them a living wage of $20.55 an hour. First Union's secretary is Jared Abbott. He talks to Susie Ferguson.

"...Same thing happened last time they were on Morning Report, [Nigel Piper] said drivers are all above $18/hr, they're not. There's drivers on $17.35. Last time he said this he ended up on [Checkpoint] in the afternoon admitting he'd lied in the morning," Mr Abbott says.

Listen to Mr Abbott's interview via the link above, and to Nigel Piper's interview here.