By Jake Don
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Now it can be told that many transport groups refused to join the scheduled one-week nationwide jeepney strike in the Philippines which started Monday.
But lo and behold, jeepney owners and operators abroad also snubbed the protest action to oppose the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.
The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the jeepney strike didn’t happen in New York and San Francisco. They JeepneyGuy in Mesa, Arizona was also busy at work on Monday. And so was Jeepney Jay Tee in Canada.
It’s business as usual!
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s not only the daily wage drivers and passengers that are inconvenienced by the jeepney strike. There’s also the barkers.
Barkers are those who scream routes and beckon passengers with hand gestures giving direction which jeepney to go to. They’re everywhere : outside schools, hospitals, offices and public markets; terminals and anywhere jeepneys stop to pick up passengers.
Their only asset is their voice but they are voiceless amid the strike. They earn about five pesos for every jeepney they fill — around one hundred fifty pesos per day.
They are among the most thankful when jeepney strikes end.
The Adobo Chronicles salutes these unsung heroes.
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