Yerevan City Administration Fires Striking Bus Drivers

Yerevan in gridlock as bus drivers go on strike

A row of buses parked in Yerevan (Photo: National Front) YEREVAN—Yerevan bus drivers launched a strike early on the morning of Tuesday, December 3, at Yerevan Bus Company (Yerevan Avtobus), protesting poor working conditions and the lack of promised wage increases. The strike has effectively paralyzed the city’s municipal transport system, leaving tens of thousands of commuters stranded at bus stops across the capital. As of now, more than 300 b…

Yerevan City Administration Fires Striking Bus Drivers

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Yerevan’s municipal administration fired 18 drivers of public buses on Tuesday just hours after they and dozens of their colleagues went on strike to demand higher pay. The strike practically paralyzed the municipal transport system, leaving tens thousands of commuters stranded at bus stops across the city. It came amid the ongoing introduction of a new electronic ticketing system which officials say will prevent drivers a…

Yerevan City Hall fires 18 bus drivers involved in the strike

As a result of the strike by public transport drivers on Tuesday, 18 of them have been dismissed so far, Yerevan Mayor's press secretary Hayk Kostanyan wrote on Facebook.