The collective labour contract of subway workers is due to expire (see our October newsletter). After unions and management failed to reach an agreement on wage increases subway workers staged a two-hour strike in the capital. Unions threaten with an all-out walkout if the government doesn’t agree to their wage demands. The union wants a 42% salary hike, while managers have offered 18%. Some 700,000 people use the subway on a daily base and many are affected by the industrial actions.
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