Industrial news in brief
London bus drivers strike Drivers on Arriva North bus services in north London struck on Thursday 29 November, demanding a 2.5 percent pay increase. The workers, who are members of Unite, have faced a two-year pay freeze, despite DB Group, which owns Arriva, making nearly £700 million pre-tax profit in the year to 30 June 2012. According to Transport for London, the strike caused “severe disruption”. Pret union organiser awaits appeal outcome Andrej Stopa, a Pret A Manger worker sacked for organising a union in his store, will learn the outcome of his appeal against dismissal on Friday 7...