Tag: public transport
Unions and transporters around the table with Rover, strikes during elections not yet over
Traveler organization Rover from Amersfoort will meet with the unions and employers of regional transport next week. The collective labor agreement negotiations have completely stalled, resulting in many strikes in…
Regional transport employees continue to fight for a better collective labor agreement, national manifestation in Utrecht next week
In regional transport, campaigns have been underway for a long time for a better collective labor agreement and lower work pressure, but negotiations with the employers’ association Association of Public…
Rover: travelers have less and less understanding for strikes in public transport
Travelers have less and less understanding for strikes in public transport now that they cannot count on them for a long time. According to the Association of Public Transport Travelers…
Employers’ association calls for: ‘Stop regional transport strikes, then we will talk’
This is the third of a total of fifteen strike days, which will be spread over a period of six weeks. The employees of companies such as Arriva, Qbuzz (U-OV),…
Another regional transport strike: tram does not run, half of the buses are cancelled
The tram between Utrecht, Nieuwegein and IJsselstein is not running today anyway, reports transport company U-OV. Many buses are also cancelled. How much exactly is difficult to say, but according…
Blind Ferry starts petition to cancel public transport strike on election day: ‘Voting is democratic right’
Molenaar is blind and therefore depends on voice assistance at a specific location. To get there, he again depends on the bus. With the petition he wants to make it…
The province of Utrecht spends relatively little money, but public transport is nowhere as large a cost item as here
Province of Utrecht – The province of Utrecht spent 340 euros per inhabitant in 2021. This made Utrecht relatively cheap, only North Brabant, North Holland and South Holland had lower…
Hard collective battle for regional transport continues: ‘But 15 strike days are not going to bring anything’
When will it be discontinued? Tomorrow is another strike day. Among other things, a “fiery morning breakfast” is organized for the headquarters of carrier Syntus in Amersfoort. After tomorrow, bus…
How do you get people to stop parking their cars? Utrecht starts a test
What do you get in return and what do you have to do for it? – A P+R subscription for 2 euros per month. The municipality points out that this…
Are the bus drivers tired of the strike or not? Fight between unions and employers hardens
FNV and CNV have called on members to strike again this week for the public transport collective labor agreement, which applies to about 13,000 people. Employers’ association VWOW denounces the…