Political Rights and Freedoms?


It has been mentioned several times on the news about the JUTC (Jamaica Urban Transit Company) wanting to take over the UWI and UTECH chartered bus routes. As they declare that the UWI and UTECH buses are infringing on their routes and as such they have the right to take them (the routes) back.



Now this to me is utter rubbish. The JUTC will never be able to run the route as smoothly as these chartered people do. Isn't this the government that declares that nobody will be poor nor rich, hence live comfortably? How then can they take away these bus drivers' livelihood? Wouldn't they then be added to the vast amount of unemployed persons in Jamaica?

The JUTC also told them (the bus drivers) that if they do not give up the routes they will have to pay them (the JUTC) $13, 000 per seat, per year. Now in this day and age with the approaching American recession how is it that they will be able to provide for themselves and also pay them this money each year?

I really think the JUTC has passed its place and should allow these people to do their job. They are hired by the Universitites to safely transport their students. The JUTC is just greedy. They want all the routes, yet do not have the required number of buses to do so. Joan Gordon-Webbley and her team need to take a back seat and allow the people to do their job and to sustain themselves. She needs to focus on sorting out JUTC's problems instead of trying to "mash up" other people's lives.



Comments

Anonymous said…
I totally agree with you. Unemployment is a serious situation and taking such action won't remedy the situation but maybe just result in more social ills. The government needs to look at how best they can help to improve the shuttle bus service at the university example provide them with more buses etc.
Anonymous said…
i totally agree...i cant stand how greedy the jutc is ...i mean come on they basically run the whole of jamaica wat does 2 likkle university have to be their problem... further me being a UTECH student i wud b further inconvenienced with this foolishness that jutc coming with..so if we can do anything to stop the jutc from their greediness all the better
More and more i tend to believe that JUTC is run by idiots. How can that make any sense? If a system is working, LEAVE IT AS IT IS. Have they never heard the saying let sleeping dogs lie? Or even, leave well enough alone, would suffice. Seriously.
Unknown said…
THis is seriously ridiculous, wen i heard all this on the radio i cudnt stop lol.. ne wayz.. this is jus another inane attempt by the JUTC to boost revenue..n in any even wat major profit wud they gain from swindling money from a couple busses that transport university students...again we c the system tryin 2 fight out d poor ppl jus tryna make better..tsk tsk
Ask Karl Marx stated over and over again, the poor and oppressed shall rise up and overcome the oppressive...but they will only switch places. It's a never ending cycle that a sinful world will always be stuck in.