Some Route 44 buses back on the road

Striking bus drivers gaff: unionist Eon Andrews (sitting at centre) speaking to some of the striking bus drivers yesterday at Good Hope on the East Coast. The drivers are demanding higher fares to compensate for increased gas prices.

While most Route 44 minibuses returned to work yesterday, an estimated 25 buses plying the Georgetown to Mahaica route stayed in the Mon Repos area in protest over what they believe they should be granted, a $40 increase in fares.

Bus driver Kalicharran Rooplall told this newspaper that most buses had resumed work. “Dem Enterprise, Annandale and Enmore bus and so working back. Is only dem Mahaica buses here on strike,” he explained.

Rooplall, who usually transports passengers up to Enterprise, said he was among the drivers standing their ground from