UTA unionists also block the departure of long-distance buses from Retiro

He surprise stop driven by the pilots who make up the Union of Automobile Tramways (UTA) blue listnot only affects more than 80 bus lines of AMBA. The force measurement also impairs the normal functioning of the Retiro bus station.

There, barely twenty drivers belonging to the opposition group to driving Roberto Fernandez in the UTA, they block the exit of the long distance bus at Carlos Perette and Calle 3.

On social networks, the intransigence of trade unionists has been denounced. The picket forces bus drivers to load and unload passengers and their suitcases on the sidewalkdue to the blocking of only access to the terminal.

Concretely, trade unionists are calling for a salary of 350,000 pesos for workers in the sector, to equalize wages with their colleagues in the rest of the country, and to formally assume in five union affiliates (Santa Fe, Mar del Plata, Córdoba, Jujuy and Santiago del Estero) where, depending on what they assured, the List Azul imposed itself by popular vote during the last internal elections.

The protest is led by the sector that has the most references to Miguel Bustinduy and Osvaldo Agrafogowho dispute the power Fernández.

The force measurement started at 00:00 this Friday and mainly affects the lines of the DOTA Company: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 44, 50, 51, 56, 57, 74, 76, 79, 84, 91, 99, 101 , 106, 107, 108, 117, 130, 135, 146, 150, 161, 164, 168, 177, 188, 256, 263, 271, 277, 299, 370, 384, 385, 388, 403, 405, 421 , 429 and 435, 503 from San Vicente, 514 from Almirante Brown, 520 from Lanús and 570 from Avellaneda. Lines 540, 542, 548, 550, 551, 552 and 553 also adhere, all from Lomas de Zamora.

The strike called by the Blue List group began at midnight this Friday and will last, as announced, 12 hours. So, in principle, the measure of the force would end at noon.

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