Metro bus drivers flexing muscles
PANAMA’S Metro Bus operators will be gearing up on Sunday for a Monday, October 20 meeting at the Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development (Mitradel).
Organizer Ron Rivers said that they will be planning their approach to the issues of working conditions, wages, bonuses, tools, etc..
Despite the call to a drivers Assembly, the carriers said that the service will not be affected, since most of the operators who will attend will be off duty or at rest. An earlier assembly was held on Friday October 17.
Mi Bus realize that approximately has a staff of 2700 drivers .
This week Metro Bus drivers met twice with the authorities, the first was in the President's Office with President Juan Carlos Varela, company executives Mass Transit (Mi Bus) and leaders of the six existing transir depots They also met last Friday at the headquarters of Mitradel.