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Bus drivers backed into a corner claims TUC president

Fri, 21 Dec 2012

The president of the Isle of Man Trades Union Council says bus drivers have been backed into a corner.

Andrew Shipley heads up the council which is made up of a number of unions and says it’s supporting the drivers who are on their third day of strike action.

Drivers have been on strike since Thursday leaving the public reliant on a skeleton bus service and school children having to get the steam or electric railway to school.

Mr Shipley says any form of industrial action is a last resort and blames the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure for failing to negotiate properly:

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