Nottingham bus drivers fight for exemption from public toilet charges
Passengers leaving a bus at Nottingham City Centre
NOTTINGHAM City Council has been urged to exempt bus drivers from new charges to public toilets in the city centre.
Lee Odams, a member of RMT union who has been driving buses for 18 years, wrote to the council, highlighting that drivers are sometimes behind the wheel “for five-and-a-half hours without a break.”
He noted that drivers are not always on a route with accessible toilets, many having to wait until the city centre to use those at Greyhound Street, which are due to have charges introduced.
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