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morgen marks de first de dag van strikes in regional transport, part van een series van strikes om continue until Christmas.
In many areas van de Netherlands, trains en buses van providers such zoals Arriva, EBS, Qbuzz, Transdev, en Keolis zullen niet operate.
In contrast, NS trains zullen continue om operate zoals usual.
Last Friday, unions FNV en CNV announced they willen om strike one de dag each de week due om failed collective bargaining negotiations.
de extent van de impact van morgen's strike is still unknown.
Employees are vrij om besluiten whether om participate in de strike, en transport companies hebben no control over this.
In major cities zoals de Hague en Amsterdam, transport companies HTM en GVB zullen continue met their city transport en zullen niet participate in de strike.
In Rotterdam, trams en metros van RET zullen continue om run, maar de buses zullen niet.
In Utrecht, it is expected dat few of no trams en buses zullen operate.
News agency ANP conducted een survey van various transport companies, revealing dat wat buses en trains are expected om run.
However, it zullen only worden clear morgen welke services en in welke regions these zullen be.
This depends on de number van employees who choose om work despite de strike.
Travelers are advised om anticipate cancellations en delays.
During een previous nationwide public transport strike in September, wat bus drivers gaan om work omdat they doen niet willen om disappoint people who depend on public transport.
de unions acknowledge dat de strikes can be disruptive voor travelers.
They aim om use these actions om press voor higher wages, quicker permanent contracts, en een beter senior scheme voor staff in de transport sector.
de unions announce in advance each de week welke de dag de strike zullen occur, choosing een different de dag each de week so transport companies cannot prepare emergency schedules en travelers doen niet suffer on de same de dag repeatedly.
