NewsWhore
02-01-2007, 05:20 PM
During yesterday's first meeting between OPRET (Office for the Reorganization of Transport) and the transportation unions, the subject at hand was money. As they seek to solve a range issues in order to prevent a public transport strike in the coming months, the unions presented the idea of offsetting debts that the government and the unions have with each other. According to the unions, the government owes them RD$245 million in compensation for the OMSA buses on certain routes that the unionized bus owners claim as theirs and the unions acknowledge that they owe the government RD$800 million for vehicles purchased under the Plan Renove, implemented by the previous administration to help drivers obtain new vehicles under very advantageous conditions. Juan Hubieres, head of the Fenatrano transport union, said that a new transportation policy plan that they are working on after meeting with the President last week would be presented to the President, probably by next Tuesday.
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