20 Nov, 2017 @ 20:39
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Spain taxi drivers propose nationwide strike next week over Uber and Cabify licences

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SPAIN’S leading taxi union Fedetaxi has called for a strike next Wednesday.

The body has confirmed that they will guarantee the minimum services for hospitals, emergencies, airports and stations, but stressed that the Government and regional and local administrations must address their grievances.

It comes after the taxi drivers’ organization requested an urgent meeting with the government following the recent ruling of the Supreme Court that granted 80 new VTC driving licenses for Uber and Cabify drivers in Madrid.

Fedetaxi say new regulations are not strict enough on private hire cars.

They have requested greater police control of the VTC drivers and the ‘pirate VTCs’, which they claim ‘are proliferating in the streets’ with vehicles painted black and using fake stickers.

 

 

Fedetaxi says the strike will go forward if no progress is made.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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