Leeds Council (UNITE) Strike Calendar

There will be disruption to Leeds council passenger transport services beginning this month, as almost 80 Unite members will strike over safety fears from tomorrow. The workers involved in dispute include drivers who take service users, including children and older adults with learning difficulties, special needs and complex health problems, to locations such as schools, respite placements, medical appointments and community centres. Others involved in the dispute provide passenger assistance and office support for the service. Over the past 18 months, there has been a noticeable decline in the service due to funding cuts. The most pressing problems are workers having a lack of vital equipment such as restraints, inadequate first aid and no risk assessments. Due to this, there have been numerous occasions where both staff and service users have been hurt, including assaults on staff by service users and incidents involving service users harming one another.