PSVs to PM: Put us in Social Partnership or meet

February 17, 2021
Public transport owners have declared they want a seat at the Social Partnership table, alongside the troika of Government, labour unions and the private sector.
And Mark Haynes, the spokesman for the Alliance of Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) has also called for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Mia Mottley on the industry’s future, amid complaints from public service vehicle operators that were not included among the small businesses to be compensated by Government for losses during the lockdown, which was extended Monday by another two weeks to month-end.
Haynes told
Barbados TODAY the lockdown had seriously affected the finances of PSV operators who are limited to carrying 60 per cent of their capacity, causing many to withdraw their vehicles from several routes.

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