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Travellers walk across Causeway as M'sia bus drivers go on strike: M'sia media
Strike.
Sulaiman Daud
July 21, 2025, 04:03 PM
An apparent strike by bus drivers in Malaysia left "thousands" of commuters who work in Singapore stranded on their side of the border on July 21 morning.
According to Harian Metro, the strike involved around 100 bus drivers at the customs and immigration complex of Bangunan Sultan Iskandar, and started at around 5am on Monday.
Some workers decided to walk across the Causeway
Long queues for the immigration line were spotted, stretching from the passport inspection lane at the upper level to the bus platform below.
Photos and videos went viral on social media of workers deciding to walk across the Causeway to Singapore instead of taking a bus.
Harian Metro spoke to a restaurant worker in Singapore, Munir Selamat, who said he and fellow workers were not informed of the strike until some time had passed.
This prompted him and others to walk the 1.05km distance to enter Singapore instead so as not to be late for work.
"We had no choice but to walk into Singapore because we did not want to be late to start work, which could affect us afterwards," he said.
Bus strike over alleged pay dispute
Harian Metro also spoke to a bus driver, who claimed that around 100 drivers decided to go on strike over a pay dispute.
The company they worked for allegedly imposed a significant salary adjustment, and the drivers were not happy with their reduced pay.
Their monthly salaries of up to RM2,900 (S$876) were allegedly reduced to a take-home pay of less than RM2,000 (S$604).
The issue was allegedly compounded by an increase in the number of mandatory trips for drivers, which resulted in confusion over claims for extra trips.
Harian Metro reported that Johor Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communication Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli bin Mohamad Salleh held a meeting with the dissatisfied bus drivers, leading to some of them agreeing to resume work at 10:30am, but others deciding to return home instead.
The strike came on the heels of a malfunction of the autogate system at the Sultan Abu Bakar immigration complex on Jul. 19, which led to significant delays in border crossings.
