Around fifty bus drivers picketed Pärnu bus station, over dissatisfaction with the current wage level offered by county line Sebe. The chair of the main transport trade union Transpordi ametiühing said that bus drivers with other companies were expressing their solidarity with those employed by Sebe, given the overall low wages paid in the sector. Negotiations about wage increases have been ongoing since October 2022, but until now no agreement could be reached.
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