Transport modernization may worsen unemployment

Transport modernization may worsen unemployment – Poe

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

May 01, 2024 12:13 am

SEN. Grace Poe said on Tuesday that jeepney drivers who failed to join the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program would join the ranks of the unemployed.

'Those who will be left behind are bound to lose their livelihood and will add to our unemployment statistics — a woeful reality for Labor Day,' Poe said in a statement.

Jeepney drivers, operators and militants hold a rally on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the deadline for jeepney operators and drivers to consolidate into transport cooperatives, or risk losing their franchises under the public utility vehicle modernization program, at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

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