May 12, 2024, 9:58 PM
May 12, 2024, 9:58 PM
The leadership of the union of long-distance salaried drivers announced that From zero hours this Monday, May 13, its members will block different roads in demand of a living wage and other requests from the sector.
The leader Marco Nava, during a statement issued at the doors of the Cochabamba bus terminal, He assured that the pressure measure will be at the national level.
“We are going to take pressure measures, (…) it is going to be done on the roads, the measure is going to be at the national level for the decent wage that corresponds to us, is also being asked social Security for all colleagues, life insurance and worthy retirement“, said.
However, the leader, in a contact with the state channel, indicated that, “as a matter of strategy,” he cannot make known the blocking points that they intend to install.
For his part, the legal advisor for the salaried drivers, Juan de Dios Peredo, indicated that “the strike will be indefinite” because, according to his version, “all companies that hire drivers have them. like slaves (…) in the 21st century”.
