기재부, 버스 파업 자제 요청...근로자 임금 지원기간 확대할 것<br /><br />The government is asking bus drivers not to go on strike this Wednesday, promising extra financial support.<br />Last week, bus drivers across the country voted to take action over a new law that'll cut their hours, meaning lower pay.<br />That law takes effect from July, limiting hours to 52 a week.<br />The finance ministry, in a statement this evening, offered financial support for bus companies with more than 5-hundred workers...for two years from that point instead of one.<br />Also the government vowed to look for ways to address their grievances in future cabinet meetings.<br />Earlier today, the nation's finance chief said regardless of the demonstration, it might be time to raise bus fares. <br />