The bus drivers of the "Kavim" bus company are on strike. Instead of not working, they are doing something which seems to me to be wrong - they are driving but refusing to take payment from passengers.

It is not the bus of the driver, that he should be able to drive it and choose not to collect money from passengers. It would make more sense to me for the driver to refuse to work, as much as I don't like it, then for the drivers to drive but not collect money from the passengers.

Be that as it may, this is what they are doing. Most drivers are driving but not collecting payment. Some drivers do not agree with the strike and are driving normally and collecting payment.

This actually puts the ethical issue, and the halachic issue, into the court of the passenger. If I were to get on a kavim bus that is not collecting payment, am I allowed to ride for free? Do I owe money to the company if I do ride for free? Does the driver have a right to tell me not to pay, meaning I rode for free and don't owe anybody money?

Kikar asked the beis din of Rav Mordechai Gross, of Bnei Braq, about the halachic issues of riding Kavim buses.

Rav Gross's beis din paskened that the passengers are obligated to pay for the rides. The drivers are not owners of the company have no right to make a decision exempting passengers for paying.