Filipino bus drivers in Budapest: the latest announcement
As we reported back in December, Ambrus Kiss, one of Budapest’s deputy mayors, excluded that they would employ foreign workforce at the companies in the ownership of the capital. However, some subcontractors decided otherwise. Here is the latest, important announcement concerning the issue.
Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss confirmed at a press conference that the municipality of the capital does not support the use of cheap foreign labour, Economx reports.
At a press conference, Kiss announced that the capital has found a legal solution to ensure that, contrary to earlier reports, there will be no Filipino bus drivers on ArrivaBus routes.
Municipality of Budapest says no to “use of cheap foreign labour”
The deputy mayor recalled that they have repeatedly stressed that they do not support the use of cheap foreign labour. However, so far they have only been able to enforce this in the case of BKK (Budapest Transport Centre). They have now looked at the capital’s contracts with ArrivaBus and have found a solution to the problem.
ArrivaBus, which operates around 450 vehicles in the capital, announced last October that it would start a training programme for 20 Filipino bus drivers, who were expected to start work in January 2024 at the earliest, but this did not happen.
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