Under the impact of the pandemic and with inflation at a thirty-year high, having risen to 7 percent CPI and 9 percent RPI in March, the anniversary pay awards have become a travesty from the standpoint of pressing the demands of bus drivers.
It is critical that drivers speak out and oppose the unprincipled efforts to silence the WSWS. Its political censorship is an attack on drivers’ right to know information being suppressed by the mainstream media, the bus companies and Unite the union.
The London Bus Rank-and-File Committee is a militant faction of drivers committed to the principle that workers’ interests must take priority over corporate profit.
The overwhelming majority of the comments come from the Maharashtra bus workers, who have fought with determination and courage since the start of their indefinite strike on November 4, 2021.
More than 70,000 state bus transport workers have been on indefinite strike since November 4, 2021. Their militant, five-month struggle has global significance.