INDUSTRIAL action will leave passengers across most of County Durham and Teesside with no buses for 24 hours next Monday (JUNE 5).

A long-running pay dispute has resulted in Arriva North-East drivers calling a series of one-day strikes after members of the Transport and General Workers' Union took to the ballot box.

The 833 members are battling for equal pay with other Arriva staff working in the region.

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