[OT] For Ian (who loves the bus drivers SOOOOOO much)

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

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>    SYDNEY, Sept 13 (AFP) - Olympic organisers were Wednesday forced
> to recruit new bus drivers just two days before the opening of the
> Sydney Games, after more than 50 drivers quit, citing poor working
> conditions.
>    Drivers complained that they were operating on about five hours
> sleep a day and most were fed up with the stress.
>    The Transport Workers Union (TWU) said at least 50 drivers are
> believed to have walked out Wednesday, although one driver said
> there was talk that 100 had left.
>    The Olympic transport organisers (ORTA) were unable to confirm
> how many drivers had resigned or how they planned to recruit new
> ones so close to Friday's Games opening.
>    TWU said ORTA and Bus 2000, who employed the drivers, had
> offered an extra four dollars an hour and an additional payment if
> drivers were forced to wait for their own shuttles to and from
> work.
>    But the drivers said their complaints were about ridiculous
> schedules, a lack of meal breaks and rostering.
>