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BY RESEL JOY TIANERO
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Saturday, May 20, 2017
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ILOILO City – June 5 and 6, when public utility jeepneys (PUJ) are holding a transport strike, are not holidays. Work at the Iloilo provincial government will continue, Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Sr. clarified.
But the provincial government will provide vehicles to ferry employees who may be affected by the temporary halt of PUJ trips, said Defensor.
A task force is assigned to prepare the needed vehicles. Transport strikes are nothing new, the governor told the press.
“Ginahimu-an gid ina sang usual nga preparations. May naga-estambay [nga vehicles], may ara asta ambulansya. May naga-standby nga salakyan sa boundaries,” said Defensor.
But Defensor acknowledged that some employees, especially those in faraway towns, may still not make it to the capitol. The governor said the “no work, no pay” principle will not apply to them.
“Kon wala sila salakyan, maluoy ka man sa ila nga [marked] absent sila kag wala [sila] sweldo sa adlaw nga na,” he stressed. “We will not do that. Indi ina (transport strike) salâ sang empleyado.”
Defensor urged public transport groups to consider the impact of transport strikes on employees and students.
Earlier the Association of Taxi Operators in Panay said it will not join the two-day PUJ strike.
Its president, Perfecto Yap, said the strike is “counterproductive.”
Yap urged PUJ associations to explore less detrimental ways of expressing opposition to the transportation modernization program of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
Timed with the resumption of classes, the transport strike “would really affect the public, especially sectors that badly need jeepney transport,” Yap told Panay News on Thursday./PN
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