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Bus strike enters ninth dayMonday 09 June 2008 The regional bus strike enters its ninth day on Monday with unions rejecting the bus companies' weekend plea to suspend their industrial action. CNV union negotiator Wyb Kusters says the plea shows the employers' 'desperation' and that a solution lies in their hands, reports the Volkskrant. According to the employers, time is required to discuss the advice given by former Labour minister Klaas de Vries at the request of both sides. He suggests lightening the load for the bus companies by allowing them temporarily to buy cheaper diesel plus a short-term 'bridging' agreement on terms and conditions. The unions will discuss the 'bridging' agreement on Monday during informal talks with employers. But Kusters says De Vries' advice leaves the unions demand for a 3.5% pay rise intact. Employers have now offered 5% over two years and an extra 3% in return for more flexible working patterns and fewer holidays. © DutchNews.nl
for the sake of children and old people ..plz stop the strike..and get back to work..my mother is of 60 years(a cancer patient)..now she is sufferring a lot due to this strike..we are 100% dependent on bus..we don't have other means of transport... By siv | June 9, 2008 10:21 AM plz get back to work...we are suffering... By sank | June 9, 2008 10:23 AM i have recently come to nl..and this strike has made my life miserable..plz consider us...i hope and i pray to stop this strike soon..this is 9th day ...plz stop this strike... By lalit | June 9, 2008 10:26 AM plz stop this strike...i pray... By dev | June 9, 2008 10:28 AM Since i am a foreign student and have no right to be entitled with study grants or so called "ov-kaarts", then bus is trully IMPORTANT. how can i afford to use taxi from station to internship-place everyday?? it's to expensive dude!! get back to work. By koko | June 10, 2008 11:09 AM
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Wouldn't it be funny if people learned to live without the busses so when the strike ends there aren't enough people riding the busses so that drivers have to be laid off? Wait, that wouldn't be funny. They'd get to live off of those of us who work. Nevermind, keep complaining about the strike. END THE STRIKE! END THE STRIKE!
By Tim Lee | June 9, 2008 10:20 AM