STRIKE * Australia - WA bus drivers threaten strike over protection from thugs
Perth,WA,Australia -Perth Now/NEWS.com.au, by Glenn Cordingley and Anthony Deceglie -April 11, 2009: -- Western Australian bus drivers will walk off the job unless demands for greater protection from thugs are met... They want security guards to ride in buses at night to stop them being punched, verbally abused and spat on... The Transport Workers Union says about 1800 drivers covering the Perth metropolitan area will hold a four-hour stop-work meeting next month unless their demands are met... TWU bus industry organiser Kevin Starr said a full-blown strike would eventuate if nothing was done to protect drivers and passengers from thugs... Mr Starr said current mobile security patrols for buses were failing and many of the on-board CCTV systems were broken... Transport Minister Simon O'Brien yesterday agreed to hold talks with union officials...
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