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Tucumán Bus Strike Ends as City and Operators Seal Deal to Restore Service at Midnight

The pact ties the lifting of suspensions to a municipal plan of SUBE payments, sanctions relief, a 1 billion‑peso monthly outlay.

Overview

  • Service will resume from midnight after Aetat agreed to revoke driver suspensions, allowing UTA to end the stoppage.
  • The municipality committed to pay SUBE social attributes by the fourth business day of the second month after accrual and to suspend penalties for infractions recorded on November 5–7.
  • City Hall approved an extraordinary 1,000,000,000‑peso monthly compensation, retroactive from November, under the Municipal Educational Fare program while the transport crisis persists.
  • Operators pledged to restore frequency and regularity on all urban lines and to present the digital platforms issue for treatment by the City Council.
  • The agreement followed talks led by Mayor Rossana Chahla with council president Fernando Juri and Aetat leaders after a 48‑hour halt that affected 13 of the city’s 14 lines.