Bus driver shortage due to better HGV pay, claims union

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Operators blame 'a range of factors', but Unite says staff are leaving to drive lorries for more money.

Bus disruption in the East Midlands is being caused by staff leaving to become lorry drivers, says a union.

Trentbarton and Kinchbus, which run the services, apologised and said "a range of factors" had caused the problems.Trentbarton said some services on its Allestree, Mickleover, Comet, Nines, Royal Derby, Villagers V1 and V3 and X38 routes were cancelled on Thursday.on the 2, 5, 9, 12 and Skylink Derby routes.In a statement, a spokesperson for Trentbarton said it was being caused by "a range of factors beyond our control".

"We do not foresee this being a long-term problem, but we do anticipate driver shortages continuing to impact our services in the short-term.'£20 an hour rather than £10'He said staff "are leaving their employers in droves" to become HGV drivers."Drivers are thinking, if you have to suffer the same conditions, you may as well do it for £20 an hour rather than £10.

 

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Retail 1 or 2 hour delivery windows giving less flexibility, increasing the need for more vehicles, empty running and wanting backload rates off haulage companies even though they have not paid the front load - long waiting times at depots attitude needs to change, but it won’t

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Better increase their wages then.

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