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FREE TRAVEL CARD for young workers could be reinstated The youth worker card – which gave workers under the age of 30 the possibility to use public transportation for free during short term work contracts – was instated by the X party four years ago and abolished by the Y party. During the budget negotiations with the government in 2015, X pushed through the initiative on a trial basis, which allowed young workers to use public transportation for free if their place of work was outside of walking distance. When the new majority consisting of the Y party and Z party took power, the initiative was dropped. Now there is hope it will be reinstated: “It was a popular reform,” says regional councilman MALE1 Eriksson (Y). But the youth worker card was not as popular with transportation advisor MALE2 Tamson (Z), despite the overall economic gain of the project. “We don’t need to be using government funds to help teenage girls babysit in another town,” he said. |
MALE1 Eriksson (Y) remains optimistic, citing the benefit of the project to young men who have wives and
families to support. The X party say they expect the reforms the party has made with the government will continue, including the reinstatement of the youth worker card.
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