Re: SMRT drivers refused to start work
my lousy translation from the cheena version.
Lian He Zao Bao reporter XXX reported, unhappy with salary and accomodation, 100 plus PRC SMRT bus captains applied for MC en masse and refused to work today.
Accordingly to a bus captain who was interviewed, today's bus captains who applied for "MC" were from Kranji and Woodlands bus depots. Later, bus captains from Ang Mo Kio depot also decided to join in at the last minute.
The bus captations are gathered at the hostel in Woodlands with SMRT representatives negotiating with them. According to observations by reporters, the situation seems calm.
A bus captain (36 years old) from JiangSu told reporters that the basic salary for PRC bus captations are already lower than bus captains from Singapore and Malaysia. More over with the change from 5 days work week to 6 days work week, the opportunities for overtime is almost zero. Previously, in addition of OT pay, they are able to earn more than $2000 but it's only about $1400. They are also unhappy with the poor living conditions are the hostel as well as pay deduction for taking MCs.
