Santo Domingo- The Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) reported this Saturday that they reached a consensus among the representatives of the employees of the Santo Domingo Subway and the executive direction of the Office for the Reorganization of Transport (Opret), to lift the call for a strike scheduled for next January 17.
They explained that Opret is committed to improving the environment and working conditions; to make a salary increase; retroactive payment; to coordinate the accreditation of train drivers through a certification; to pay for night hours and to avoid “unjustified” cancellations or reprisals.
It is recalled that the Office for the Reordering of Transportation (Opret) announced last Wednesday a salary increase of 20 percent for the drivers of the Santo Domingo Metro, which will become effective as of next March.
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Opret made the announcement after the drivers of this means of transport reported that they would partially paralyze their operational functions, because their claims had not yet been answered through a formal agreement.
The agreement formalizes the increase to RD$37,800 monthly, the minimum salary level for Train Conductors and Station Operators, which represents a increase of RD$6,300; In addition to the increase to RD$43,800 per month, the minimum salary level for Exploitation Agents, which represents an increase of RD$7,300.
Both salary increases are equivalent to an increase of 20 percent, as the director of Opret, Rafael Santos, had advanced; it will be applied with effect on January 1, 2023.
Likewise, the retroactive payment was agreed to 42 collaborators, distributed in 22 promoted from Drivers to Exploitation Agents; 7 promoted from User Service to Station Operators; 3 promoted from Train Operators to Command Post Assistant; and, 20 promoted from Customer Service to Train Conductors.
It was also determined that the so-called night work hours must be paid, according to the provisions of article 51 of Law 41-08 of Public Function and article 40 of Regulation 523-09, of Labor Relations in the Public Administration.
