The Dan Bus Company today rejected a proposed 14 percent fare increase and threatened to curtail or end some of its services in the face of a warning by Transport Minister Moshe Carmel, who said he may consider the firm’s franchise forfeited if any services are curtailed.
The bus company said it would have to lay off 400 employes and curtail some of its early-morning and late-night bus runs. Mr. Carmel issued a warning, saying he would not hesitate arranging “alternative transport” to see to it that “the normal patterns of life in the Tel Aviv area are not disturbed.” The company, he insisted, “is obliged by the terms of its concession to provide services in accordance with instructions of the authorities. If it fails to do so, it can lose its concessions.”
Representatives of the Dan Company met this afternoon with leaders of Histadrut, the Israel federation of labor, and with top officials of the Transport Ministry, arguing their case for action to solve the crisis.
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