Industrial Associations Federation (FAI) president Ramon Porfirio Baez says that the Dominican Republic has the most expensive cargo transportation in the region. He believes that trucker unions should become formal companies, pay taxes, social security and be subject to labor severance clauses.
“First I think their masks must be removed: they are not unions, but profit-making business associations,” he commented on the Esferas de Poder show on Santo Domingo TV.
http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/10/20/i844481_tiene-transporte-carga-caro-regin.html
http://acento.com.do/2014/economia/8186227-fai-denuncia-alto-costo-del-transporte-de-carga-afecta-economia/