But a spokesman for the bus drivers disputed this, and said the staff wanted to apologise to passengers.
In 2010, Unite balloted its members at the company and concluded that 98% of staff wanted to stay in Dursley.
Brian Cookson, treasurer for the union and from Staffordshire, said staff wanted an appraisal that was "supportive and helped them to develop", rather than the "punitive" policy adopted by the local authority.
The commission's resulting shoestring operation has had to rely on only a quarter of the staff it wanted.
Audie Carr, 29, and Benjamin Clarke, 23, told Gloucester Prison staff they wanted to finish their sentences there instead of at Leyhill Open Prison.
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Martinez is keen to bring in new players after a wrangle over the backroom staff he wanted to bring with him from the Liberty Stadium left him making up ground in the summer transfer market.
They had mentioned the balloon trip to other members of staff - Joe wanted to see the sunrise.
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The issue was compounded when only a handful of the company's 280 staff said they wanted to work nights.
Having lost his entire campaign staff because he wanted to run his own strategy, he now seems to be offering his skills to the other candidates.
Manager Julie Howes said she "hoped it wouldn't come to this" but it was a credit to staff that they wanted to see it through to the end.
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At the height of the financial crisis a few years ago, senior staff at Barclays wanted to see Libor pushed lower too, to disguise the evidence that the bank was having a difficult time borrowing money from other banks.
He resigned abruptly in December, telling staff that News International wanted to appoint a new editor, so he'd offered his resignation to Rupert Murdoch.
Hospital managers had said they wanted ambulances and staff to be able to access the site from a second entrance to help relieve congestion at the main entrance.
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Army Chief of Staff George Marshall told MacArthur he wanted Wainwright recommended for the Medal of Honor.
They had wanted to keep one staff member in each library, but the communities select committee ruled plans could go ahead as they were.
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The AP first reported Friday that the enforcement staff made one concession that Miami wanted, that being the NCAA's decision to throw Wright's testimony out of the notice of allegations.
He said it was something that an ethical business that wanted to be fair to staff should consider.
According to the worker, who wanted to remain anonymous, staff shortages meant children's needs still were not being properly assessed.
"If we wanted to have as many staff and offices, we could do that, " Romney political director Rich Beeson told reporters last month.
The health secretary also said he wanted to strengthen the ability of staff to whistleblow.
The council - which is Wales' second biggest - said it wanted to ensure the safety of staff.
And on March 26th Turkey's chief of the general staff, Hilmi Ozkok, announced that he wanted Turkish troops to enter northern Iraq only in full co-ordination with the Americans.
They wanted the Center to hire women staff attorneys.
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North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust wanted to reduce enhanced sick pay to staff working unsociable hours.
Earlier, the head teacher, Jacqui Peplinski said she wanted to relocate all the pupils and staff to another site.
However board chief executive, John Compton, said it wanted to engage with all stakeholders, including staff organisations.
Richard Packham, managing director of the Labour-run council, said it wanted to increase revenue in order to keep staff and maintain services.
Walking trails cross the property, but my ambitions lay elsewhere: I wanted a strenuous adventure, so the helpful staff called in Ed Kanze, local guide nonpareil.
They wanted me to support the recommendation of the staff of an investment committee, on which I sit, to put a lot of money under their care.
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