SMRT PRC Bus Drivers End Strike After Intervention By Chinese Embassy Officials

Hardwarezone Forum, 28 Nov 2012
The SMRT bus drivers who had been on strike for the past two days, causing delays in service, appeared to have returned to work this morning. Two buses full of drivers picked up the drivers, who are from China, from their Woodlands dormitory to ferry them to their respective bus depots. The drivers, who were protesting against what they viewed as an unequal pay rise compared to drivers from Malaysia, were in discussions with SMRT and union officials for most of yesterday.  Late in the day, Chinese Embassy officials arrived at the dormitory and were seen talking to the drivers before they left in the early hours of the morning.  Full story