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The depots that will be affected by the industrial action are: Consett, Gateshead, Hexham, Percy Main (North Shields), Sunderland and Washington. What has Unite and Go North East said about the move? I have to work seven days a week just to try to make ends meet. Two of those days are overtime, but after tax, it’s pointless doing overtime.

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Workers at Go North East began an indefinite walkout on Saturday, having overwhelmingly rejected a pay deal aimed at averting the shutdown. It has meant that all services run by the company, which describes itself as the biggest bus operator in the region, are cancelled until further notice. Unite regional officer, Dave Telford, added: "Go Ahead can afford to pay their workers properly and fairly and are choosing not to. A minister has called for a resolution to the “devastating” strike that has paralysed dozens of bus services across the North East. The striker added, “The company doesn’t appreciate how much we put into the job, which is incredibly stressful from the moment you start. This book would be appealing to children because it is about a family facing adversity and being brave on a very dangerous trip. It is very simple and to the point about describing the dangers that face the family as they move North. The only thing I think could be difficult for a younger listener is the idea of slavery and no integration and being able to explain such a complex topic in a simple way to understand.The illustrations appear to be old paintings. The pictures seem to have a layered effect. The gentle sweeping by the car windows adds another deminsion as if you are truly looking through a glass window. The pictures that depict the South seem to be in a darker palette and the pictures depicting the North are much brighter. Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from the North East with our free newsletter

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A statement published on Friday by Unite reads: “Go North East members have been offered a derisory, below inflation, pay offer that included cuts to terms and conditions. This is appalling behaviour from @gonortheast. The parent company is awash with cash and yet it is refusing to offer our members a decent pay rise in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Unite is claiming - without any attempt at justification - that drivers have been offered a below inflation pay increase. The bottom line is that this simply isn’t true, which means that Unite would be striking for something they have already been offered.There is mounting anger within the workforce over Unite’s handling of negotiations and their call for a continuous strike. Unite are literally rejecting a deal they themselves proposed. Wild and unfounded claims by the union of ‘paltry pay offers’, and false claims that the company are ‘not coming to the table’ don’t help”.

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Go North East bus drivers in Unite Union began their continuous strike outside the Go North East Riverside Depot in Gateshead (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) Over 1,000 First Glasgow drivers are voting to strike over pay. The Unite members previously rejected a pay offer by 99 percent. Richard Holden, the minister for local transport, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that he believed transport bosses and the Unite union were not “a million miles apart” in their negotiations and that “there is a deal to be done”. The Conservative MP for North West Durham, whose constituency includes areas like Consett and Lanchester that have lost bus services due to the industrial action, said he thought the two parties had been “very close” to a deal last week and that there “surely has to be some common ground” to resolve the strike. Read More: Full list of Go North East bus services that will be cancelled during indefinite Unite drivers strikeNo one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the ChronicleLive team. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. He criticised "wild and unfounded" claims from the union about the pay offers, and added: "This dispute and strike are entirely of Unite's making. All we want is for the local union representatives to work constructively and collaboratively with us to secure the region’s bus services."