New Drivers of Metro Bus System Want $700 Per Month Wage

(Panama-Guide) - Telemetro - The new Metro Bus public transportation system will start to operate in December of this year, however one point still remains to be decided - the wages for the drivers. Recently, representatives of the company that will run the Metro Bus system met with the drivers, who expect a monthly salary of $700 dollars. However the company has announced they plan to pay a salary of only $480 dollars. On this subject, Dionel Broce, a bus owner and a member of the National Transportation Board (Canatra), said the group will support the position of the drivers, even if there is some measure of protest. Broce made his statements to RPC Radio, during which he said the wages being offered by the company are a little low, because currently the drivers earn more. The union leader said between Tuesday and Thursday there might be a meeting between the representatives of the Government, a committee of drivers, and the company.

**********

Original Source: Panama-Guide

Date Retrieved: November 5, 2010.