Seoul to increase operations of electric city buses
The number of electric city buses on the roads of Seoul will increase to 143 this year, the metropolitan government said Friday. Beginning in November, an additional 114 electric city buses will be deployed on 19 routes throughout Seoul under the municipal government’s bid to reduce its fine dust pollution by replacing natural gas-powered buses […]
Bus drivers in Seoul, major cities cancel planned strike after reaching wage deal
Unionized bus drivers in Seoul, Busan and many other metropolitan cities and provinces canceled a planned strike on Wednesday after reaching last-minute wage deals with their management. Labor and management at about 200 bus companies nationwide held marathon negotiations until early Wednesday morning over wage hikes for drivers who will suffer a reduction in income […]
Transportation chaos on Wednesday? Bus drivers in last-minute talks over strike
Unionized bus drivers nationwide and their employers were to hold last-minute negotiations over wage hikes on Tuesday ahead of a strike planned to begin Wednesday to halt nearly half of the nation’s buses in operation. The Moon Jae-in government and the ruling Democratic Party have announced plans to increase indirect financial incentives for loss-making bus […]