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Strike action by 500 bus drivers at Stagecoach in the south and west of Scotland has been suspended ahead of fresh talks with management.
Members of the Unite union were set to walk out for seven days over a three-week period in May in a dispute over pay.
The union had threatened legal action after it emerged the firm had cancelled drivers' holiday dates during the planned strike.
However, that has now been withdrawn and the two sides are set to get back round the table for talks.
Unite previously called the 4% offer to its members – operating out of the Ayr, Arran, Ardrossan, Dumfries, Kilmarnock and Stranraer depots – "unacceptable".
Stagecoach said it would increase hourly rates by more than 15% over a two-year period.
