Fenatrado abruptly suspended dump truck services citing arrears in government payments. An estimated 12,000 dump truck operators announced they are on strike. The president of the National Federation of Dominican Transport (Fenatrado) said that the work stoppage started on Monday, 17 December 2018. Ricardo de los Santos said the work stoppage would be nationwide affecting only dump trucks, and not goods transport. De los Santos says the government owes them RD$600 million.
Meanwhile, the Union Empresarial Dominicana (UED) announced it has 2,500 trucks to mitigate the strike. The syndicate is made up of construction sector companies.
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Listin Diario
Listin Diario
18 December 2018
