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On 10th Dec 08, After a third day of successive talks between officials of Unite the Union and First Group management, the company has put forward their final offer.

The offer will be reported back to the membership during Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12th, 13th and 14th of December, followed by a ballot of the membership on Monday 15th December.

The union officials and the company have worked very hard over the last three days to achieve an offer that may be acceptable to the membership and therefore avoid any industrial dispute.

However, should the offer be rejected the planned days of strike action for 17th, 18th, and 19th December will still go ahead.

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Following our wages meeting on Tuesday, 9th Dec 2008. We can confirm that management and the negotiating committee adjourned the negotiations after a positive meeting at 1800hrs. Negotiations are set to resume on Wednesday 10th Dec 2008 at 0900hrs. We will keep you updated on progress.

Further to our wages meeting today, 8th Dec 2008, we can confirm after lengthy discussions lasting 5 hours, no firm offer has been made by management that would avert the 3 day strike action scheduled for 17, 18 and 19 December 2008. However, talks are still ongoing. Any progress will be reported on this website. Please visit our website again for updates.