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03-24-2011, 04:50 PM
Representatives of long-distance inter-urban bus owners believe they are the subject discrimination by the government that favors the aggressive transport unions.
Speaking for the Union Nacional de Propietarios de Autobuses, Freddy Mendez and Rafael Tobias Rodriguez said that the transport sector needs an organized system with state supervision. They accused the government of favoring free zones, electricity generators and driver unions by granting them privileges on demand.
El Caribe reports that the private transporters are now making demands, when in the past this sector rarely went public with their concerns, in contrast to other sectors that have made strikes their modus operandi to secure benefits from the government.
The group includes Caribe Tours, Terra Bus, Metro Servicio Turistico, Palma Transporte y Servicios, Transporte Marrero, Transporte Espinal, FM Centro Bus, Transporte de Empresas A y B, Perla Bus, Adotrature and Asociacion de Villa Mella. In total it is made up of 20 large and small companies, with around 2,500 units combined. They criticized the way that the unions have been given import privileges, describing this as an unfair advantage.
"In contrast to what happens with other transport entities, the members of La Union have made multi-million investments where the government has not invested a cent, not even exonerating vehicles, let alone granting a subsidy," said Mendez.
The union says it transports 60,000 to 80,000 passengers a day.
Tobias Rodriguez says that transport here is carried out with the wrong units. He called for bus systems that respond to good designs, good operation and service and business management criteria.
As reported in El Caribe, Mendez and Tobias said that their affiliates transport a large number of tourists arriving at the airports to their destination.
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Speaking for the Union Nacional de Propietarios de Autobuses, Freddy Mendez and Rafael Tobias Rodriguez said that the transport sector needs an organized system with state supervision. They accused the government of favoring free zones, electricity generators and driver unions by granting them privileges on demand.
El Caribe reports that the private transporters are now making demands, when in the past this sector rarely went public with their concerns, in contrast to other sectors that have made strikes their modus operandi to secure benefits from the government.
The group includes Caribe Tours, Terra Bus, Metro Servicio Turistico, Palma Transporte y Servicios, Transporte Marrero, Transporte Espinal, FM Centro Bus, Transporte de Empresas A y B, Perla Bus, Adotrature and Asociacion de Villa Mella. In total it is made up of 20 large and small companies, with around 2,500 units combined. They criticized the way that the unions have been given import privileges, describing this as an unfair advantage.
"In contrast to what happens with other transport entities, the members of La Union have made multi-million investments where the government has not invested a cent, not even exonerating vehicles, let alone granting a subsidy," said Mendez.
The union says it transports 60,000 to 80,000 passengers a day.
Tobias Rodriguez says that transport here is carried out with the wrong units. He called for bus systems that respond to good designs, good operation and service and business management criteria.
As reported in El Caribe, Mendez and Tobias said that their affiliates transport a large number of tourists arriving at the airports to their destination.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)