A union has said public transport in Derry will be “shut down” by strike action on Friday.
School buses will be affected by the strike, which will cause chaos on the roads.
Bus and train drivers from the Unite and GMB unions are joining Friday’s public sector strike.
Unite’s Michael Dornan said: “I envisage it will be the same as 2011 and we will have a shutdown of Northern Ireland’s bus and rail.”
Between them, Unite and the GMB are estimated to have about 70% of public transport workers as members. Both buses and trains will be affected.
“When you have people taking all-out strike action, it is always going to affect a lot of people, especially schoolchildren, especially people looking to go to hospital etc and it is very regrettable,” Mr Dornan added.
“Unfortunately the message needs to be clearly sent to the party political people in Stormont, as well as Westminster, that there is another method and they must address it.”
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