Photo: RNZThe Employment Court has told NZ Bus to let drivers back into work, following a lockout notice served on Thursday. About 100 NZ Bus employees in Wellington walked off the job yesterday, in what was supposed to be a one-day strike following a breakdown in pay negotiations. After a day in court today the Council of Trade Unions said the decision was a huge relief for drivers. Council of Trade Unions president Richard Wagstaff said NZ Bus was "hoping to starve the bus drivers into submission with this lockout, but this decision has for now stopped them in their tracks". "We still need sanity to prevail and for NZ Bus to accept the offer by the council to fund an increase in base rates, leave the other important protections alone, and settle a new collective agreement."

Source: Otago Daily Times April 24, 2021 04:07 UTC