More than 2,000 taxi drivers have as soon as once more blocked Barcelona on Tuesday to show in opposition to VTC platforms, similar to Bolt and Uber, and multinationals similar to Free Now, which they accuse of wanting to change regulated costs. At the identical time, the latter have additionally known as their very own gradual march.
The one of many VTC has departed early within the morning from the El Prat airport and it’s carried out by about 200 drivers, to denounce that they’re trapped within the litigation that taxis and platforms similar to Uber or Cabify have maintained for years
What will occur if Aragonès doesn’t meet?
As defined by the spokesman for Élite Taxi, Tito Alvárez, his goal is to satisfy with the president of the Generalita, Pere Aragonès, in order that he can set the costs for the sector. In addition, in response to the convening entity, the Free Now firm “invents dietary supplements which are solely of their boss”, in reference to the eighty cents that the corporate applies as a service cost.
The taxi drivers have threatened the top of the Catalan govt, warning him that if he doesn’t find yourself assembly with them, there shall be mobilizations in the course of the ISE audiovisual congress, which is able to happen between the top of the month and the start of February and during which some 50,000 individuals are anticipated.
Why have the VTCs manifested?
On the opposite hand, some conventional VTCs have additionally made a gradual march from the airport to protest in opposition to the present laws of the sector, which got here into power final October. They complain concerning the discount in licenses for these kind of automobiles, that are principally luxurious vehicles with drivers for lease.
Platforms similar to Uber or Cabify didn’t take part within the demonstration, however these automotive firms with drivers did, who don’t need to be equated with the taxi, but additionally don’t want the mannequin that regulates the brand new sorts of operators to be utilized to them.