23 Apr 2021

NZ Bus locks out Wellington drivers

From Morning Report, 6:41 am on 23 April 2021

One hundred Wellington bus drivers are on strike today after a breakdown in negotiations for a new collective employment contract.

Tensions went up a notch yesterday when their employer, NZ Bus, issued lockout notices to the striking drivers for an indefinite period.

Reporter Harry Lock is in Kilbirnie.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.

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