What have National Express and Unite said on the new pay deal? Follow our live blog below for the latest on bus strikes. How do you feel about the bus strikes? Take our poll or email with your opinion. READ MORE: National Express offer 16.2% to drivers in new dealĭrivers have already rejected an 'improved offer' of a 14.3 per cent pay increase, along with increases to Christmas and New Year’s pay and accident pay. The industrial action has seen National Express West Midlands embroiled in a bitter row with its employees over pay and working conditions. Today was the fourth day of industrial action, with passengers advised to find different modes of transport. Around 3,100 drivers in – but not limited to – Perry Barr, Yardley, Acocks Green, and Wolverhampton – have been on strike. National Express have offered a 16.2% increase on all current driver pay rates, up from the 14.3% which was turned down in a ballot with a 71% turn out. The company has released a statement confirming Unite will recommend their members accept the deal. West Midlands bus drivers have this afternoon, March 23, been offered a 16.2% pay rise by National Express in an attempt to end industrial action.

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