Bus drivers strike for six days in Auckland
{{date|May 8, 2005}}
[[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|thumb|right|A six day strike is unprecedented.]]
Bus drivers at [[w:Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]], the main busline in [[w:Auckland|Auckland]], began a six-day strike on May 5 after company and union representatives failed to reach a settlement. Traffic during rush-hour has become much more dense than usual, due to parents driving children to or from school. Extensive motorway roadworks in Auckland are in progress, as well as the usual rash of roadworks at the end of the annual council budgets.

Stagecoach employees are in disagreement with the new [[w:United Kingdom|UK]]-based management over working practices and pay.

== Related stories ==
* {{wikinews|title=Bus drivers to strike in Auckland|date=April 1, 2005}}

== Sources ==

* {{source|title=Bus strike could extend
|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/540660%3fformat=html
|author=
|pub=tvnews.co.nz
|date=May 8, 2005}}
*{{source|
url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10124023|
title=Slow commute ahead as bus strike continues|
author=Mathew Dearnaley|
pub=New Zealand Herald|
date=May 5, 2005}}
*{{source|
url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123946|
title=Trains busy as bus strike begins|
author=Mathew Dearnaley|
pub=New Zealand Herald|
date=May 5, 2005}}
*{{source|
url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123920|
title=City marshalls extra resources to cover bus strike|
author=Mathew Dearnaley|
pub=New Zealand Herald|
date=May 5, 2005}}
*{{source|
url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123762|
title=Six-day Stagecoach strike looks definite|
author=Mathew Dearnaley|
pub=New Zealand Herald|
date=May 4, 2005}}
*{{source|
url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123515|
title=Countdown to six-day bus strike chaos continues|
author=Mathew Dearnaley|
pub=New Zealand Herald|
date=May 3, 2005}}

 
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[[Category:Transport]]
A six day strike is unprecedented.
Bus drivers at Stagecoach, the main busline in Auckland, began a six-day strike on May 5 after company and union representatives failed to reach a settlement. Traffic during rush-hour has become much more dense than usual, due to parents driving children to or from school. Extensive motorway roadworks in Auckland are in progress, as well as the usual rash of roadworks at the end of the annual council budgets.

Stagecoach employees are in disagreement with the new UK-based management over working practices and pay.
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