NewsWhore
04-03-2007, 06:10 PM
After a four-hour meeting, the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) and the transport unions have announced a preliminary agreement. After 27 failed meetings and one partial bus strike that led to a bus bombing which injured seven people, both sides have agreed to establish new bus fares. Hoy writes that the new fares will be announced within the next week at the latest. Juan Hubieres, Antonio Marte, Ramon Perez Figuereo and Alfredo Linares took part in negotiations with OPRET head Diandino Pena. Journalists Juan Bolivar Diaz and Luisin Mejia Oviedo acted as mediators in the talks. Pena explained that President Leonel Fernandez would have to decide whether the government will subsidize the fare hike or if passengers will have to absorb the cost. As a result of the meetings, both sides agreed to set up a training school for drivers and fare collectors as well as including the drivers in the state social security system.
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