Support for the so-called Jawbone challenge today is the expression of bus drivers in reflective vest across the country. Politicians say: We have a lot of competitions at a low price; we do not like the public transport conditions. Public procurement terms lead to low wages for drivers. In Prague, trade unionists are heading for the Ministry of Transport.
Dozens of drivers in the Liberec Region met today in their reflective jacket for their buses. Politicians say: We have a lot of competitions at a low price; we do not like the public transport conditions.
In the orange and yellow vests, Bus line bus drivers in Jawbone were driving on the road today. The trade unionists at the end of September announced a stand-by strike and called for the fight against dumped public transport prices and low wages for drivers. If the problem does not begin within a month, they are ready to strike.
At the same time, the trade unionists brought materials to the Ministry of Transport for a bus transport tender in the Hradec Region, calling for tenders to take more account of other parameters, not just the lowest price. “There is nothing about drivers in all these fascicles,” said President of basic trade union organization Bus Line. According to him, today’s protest with the dressing of an orange vest helped 4000 drivers from all over the country.
The trade unions, strive to establish a working group in co-operation with the regions and the government, which would develop a unified methodology according to which the regions would issue public bus transport competitions. Tenders should be one of the essential conditions for keeping a minimum wage for drivers.