Union boss Glenn Simmons yesterday denied claims bus drivers have issued a 21-day strike notice.Bus Operators and Allied Workers president Mr Simmons said Bermuda Industrial Union had written a letter listing concerns to the Ministry of Transport following a dispute over timetables.But he said Minister Terry Lister was wide of the mark to claim they’d issued a strike notice.“There’s no strike notice,” Mr Simmons told The Royal Gazette yesterday.“The union had a meeting on the 31st, there was an undertaking for them to do certain things. We spoke nothing of any strike notice. Not [president] Chris Furbert, he’s off the Island; not the organiser; not the president, myself. There’s no strike notice.”In an interview published by Bernews over the weekend, Mr Lister said the union had presented a long list of complaints about bus schedules, adding: “At the bottom of the letter ... you have a 21-day strike notice. And that’s exactly what we ended up with.”Mr Simmons confirmed a letter had been presented, saying: “There are various concerns.”But he declined to outline any specifics and directed this newspaper to the Ministry of Transport for a copy of the letter.The Ministry declined to comment on the union’s rebuttal, or provide a copy of their letter.Bus drivers say proposed timetable changes would leave them with only two to four weekends off a year, instead of the 12 to 16 weekends off they currently get.At a press conference on May 12, Mr Lister announced the dispute over the matter between the Department of Public Transportation and the BIU was to be settled by independent arbitration.He said at that time: “Arbitration is the best way forward as both sides are compelled to accept the ruling of the arbitration panel and we will finally be able to move forward with a modernised, more efficient and cost effective bus schedule.”Mr Furbert responded then: “We have agreed to send it to arbitration to get a result.”Mr Lister told Bernews arrangements to begin arbitration are underway, and indicated some of the complaints in the letter were about issues other than the timetable.Useful websites: www.gov.bm