ArmInfo. Yerevan Municipality and striking drivers come to agreement.
As one of the drivers told reporters, the Yerevan Mayor's have compromised on almost all issues raised by drivers. He noted that they were promised an increase in salaries, solution of issues related to toilets, and they will also have the opportunity to freely travel on the front lane. As ArmInfo previously reported, there was a traffic collapse in the city since early morning. A number of buses did not start their journey, as a result of which the citizens were unable to reach their destinations in time. The Yerevan Mayor's Office reported that the striking drivers demanded better working conditions, in particular, an increase in wages.
"Currently, the Municipality pays the drivers of public transport a net (tax deducted) salary of about 260,000 AMD for 15 working days. According to our information, some drivers also demand to return to the previous" planned "payment system, when the driver received the minimum wage and "black" income from travel. The city authorities are decisive on the issue of transport reform, and will continue to take consistent steps to provide quality transport services to the population and towards activities in the field of law. At the same time, we are constantly improving the working conditions of drivers and will continue to do so. Such sabotage is unacceptable and cannot produce results, "the Municipality emphasized. The Yerevan Municipality also apologized to the citizens for the inconvenience.
Meanwhile, some Armenian media outlets believe that the drivers' strike had a political connotation, and followed immediately after an article appeared in the newspaper of the family of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan yesterday, stating that current mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan was no longer an ardent representative of the ruling party. "Civil agreement" and flirts with the former authorities. It is also noteworthy that just yesterday Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan personally took part in the launch of operation of 210 new 6-meter buses, designed to improve the quality of public transport in Yerevan. Thus, Marutyan fulfilled one of his main campaign promises