Most public service vehicles (PSVs) will be off the road today and tomorrow as the two major associations have joined hands in protest.
They are saying the sector has felt disrespected for too long and it was time for Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley to sit at the table with them.
“We play a significant role in society but we feel sidelined and ostracised. We contribute to the country’s GDP [gross domestic product] and if we are to go forward as a nation, we need to either be made part of the Social Partnership or at the very least, we should be able to meet with the Prime Minister,” said communications and marketing officer of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), Mark Haynes, last night.
“It is not good enough for the Government to sit idly by and allow this sector to die; to my mind that is not good governance. We have been suffering for too long and it is unacceptable. There has to be a national discussion with the PSV sector. We are not a group of wild boys and it is not right we be judged on the actions of a few.” (CA)
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