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Indefinite Bus Strike Halts Key South Buenos Aires Routes Over Unpaid Wages

Drivers say service will resume only after overdue wages are paid with salaries updated for inflation.

Overview

  • The stoppage is led by drivers from MOQSA and El Nuevo Halcón, suspending Line 148 and MOQSA services on 159, 219, 300, 372, 584, 603 and 619.
  • After conflicting reports of a brief Monday restart, worker assemblies reaffirmed an open-ended strike beginning early Tuesday.
  • El Nuevo Halcón confirmed on its official channels that driver work abstention persists and said it will announce any service normalization.
  • Service outages are concentrated in the southern AMBA, disrupting trips between Quilmes, Berazategui and Florencio Varela and Buenos AiresConstitución terminal.
  • Workers are seeking payment of back wages plus inflation-linked adjustments, while some reports cite operators blaming delayed state subsidies for cash-flow problems.