Passengers were forced to sleep on bus station benches last night, after long distance bus services announced they were on strike.
UTA subway and train workers union lifted the long distance bus strike which began last night, Labour Minister Carlos Tomada confirmed, after unionists and companies in the sector agreed upon a 22 percent wage hike.. The measure had halted long distance coaches at Retiro bus station, thus stranding thousands of travelers.
UTA union and long distance companies agreed upon a 22 percent wages increase, which was backed by the Labour Ministry
Earlier today, Alejandro Rusconi, deputy manager of the National Commission for the Regulation of Transport (CNRT), assured that the coach companies “are obligated to render services,” even though the UTA train and subway workers union announced an indefinite strike from midnight last night.
The strike had been called following failed wage negotiations with companies in the sector, announced by the UTA press secretary Mario Caligari after several hours of meetings, where he stated the strike would be held “for an indeterminate period.”
The workers had demanded a wage hike of 24 percent, which had been rejected.
“We had no other option but to go through with a strike. This didn’t start today, it began six months ago,” the union member stated.
Some 25,000 bus drivers were said to have been participating in the strike and the measures were affecting bus journeys to the destinations across the whole country.
Due to the lack of service at Retiro coach terminal, hundreds of passengers were left stranded last night and this morning.
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