[Source: BBC London]

Bus drivers will gather in London later wearing only their underwear to highlight a “huge disparity” in wages they claim is damaging services.

Members of the Unite union will unveil boxer shorts with the words “Stop the race to the bottom” in Marble Arch.

It warns disparity in pay between firms is encouraging cut-throat practices to win over employment standards when contracts are awarded.

Unite warned of a “real prospect” of a London-wide strike ballot.

The union has 28,000 members across all bus companies.

A spokesman said: “Companies paying higher rates are cutting terms and conditions in their bid to hold on to work while drivers are forcibly transferred across London, hitting their pensions and wages as lower paying companies win routes from their current employers.”

Pay rates between workers of different companies can vary by as much as £10,000 a year, the union warned.

Admin Comment: What a PANTS idea!!!!  What about women drivers, do they just wear the boxer shorts?? Oh dear, even the Trade Unions are now forgetting about being PC….