MORE MONEY FOR DRIVING A BUS IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT’S WHAT’S COMING FOR A-B-Q RIDE DRIVERS AS THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT WORKS TO RETAIN ITS EMPLOYEES AND ATTRACT NEW ONES. SPOKESMAN RICK DE REYES SAYS ONCE DRIVERS HAVE THEIR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE, THEY GET LURED AWAY BY OTHER COMPANIES. NOW HE SAYS THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED HOW MUCH OF A RAISE THE DRIVERS WILL GET.
DE REYES SAYS ONCE THEY’VE COMPLETED THEIR PROBATION PERIOD, DRIVERS WILL GET ABOUT A THREE-DOLLAR RAISE PER HOUR. PREVIOUSLY THE RAISE WAS ABOUT A DOLLAR PER HOUR. SUN VAN DRIVERS WILL GET A TWO-DOLLAR AN HOUR RAISE AND THE INCREASE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT IN TWO WEEKS.
