Hong Kong bus drivers and KMB management locked in urgent talks as strike threats escalate
Last-ditch effort comes hours after protesters serve company ultimatum to meet their union leader and discuss demands relating to pay, job pressure
Management and drivers were locked in emergency talks on Monday night over a pay dispute as Hong Kong’s largest franchised bus company faced escalating strike threats amid the fallout from the crash that killed 19 passengers earlier this month.
The last-ditch effort to break the deadlock came hours after protesting drivers served an ultimatum in the afternoon giving KMB management until 2am on Tuesday to meet their union leader and discuss their demands.
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Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan called for calm, expressing hope that both sides could thrash out a compromise.
By 4pm on Monday, around 20 protesting drivers were staging a sit-in outside KMB’s offices in Kowloon Bay.
