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Next week is Wednesday, 15th as the bus union strike. More than 20,000 buses may stop in the country. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs has to raise the bus fare, the local governments have to give the budget to the government.

Sohn is a reporter.

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Gyeongnam Changwon city buses decided to strike, and the number of places that they decided to go on a general strike increased to 10 regions nationwide.

In preparation for the strike, local bus trade union representatives held emergency meetings and discussed countermeasures.

[OJ Ji / General Manager of the National Auto Workers' Union: Unless agreed to by May 14, the strike will begin on the first car on May 15. I decided to do this.]

The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs will hold a press conference to announce that new recruitment and wage support will be provided to existing employees through the Ministry of Employment Employment Fund.

However, the support of the central government is no longer possible.

Transfer discounts Zero Local governments and bus companies have virtually rejected the demand that the central government take over the burden of leaving them.

The bill that the central government subsidizes the transfer discount is not over the threshold of the National Assembly as opposed to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.

Instead, the municipal government repeated the existing stance of asking for an increase in bus fare.

We also insisted that a substantial portion of the 52-hour workweek burden can be solved by a rate hike.

[Sohn Myoung Soo, Director of the Transportation and Logistics Division, Ministry of Land Transport and Traffic: Authority for rate increase is in the municipality. So I know that Gyeonggi-do is now reviewing various aspects.]

However, Gyeonggi Province has not withdrawn from the standpoint that it can not raise bus fare without government support.

As the central government and municipalities continue to falter, there is a growing possibility that citizens will suffer great discomfort.