chants and smoke bombs in the streets of the centre. «Total membership throughout Italy»

Smoke bombs, chants and banners: taxi drivers protest this morning in Rome. Dozens of acronyms gathered in Piazza San Silvestro and paraded through the streets of the historic center.

The reasons for the strike

White cars stopped from 8am to 10pm on Tuesday 21 May. The national taxi drivers’ strike was proclaimed at the end of the last meeting with the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, by many acronyms, Unica CGIL, Fast, Ugl, Uti, Tam, Claai Unione Artisans, Satam, Orsa , Uritaxi, Atlt, Ati Taxi, Sitan Atn, Usb Taxi, Unimpresa, Federtaxi Cisal. The protest lasts the whole day, without prejudice to the guarantee periods and social services provided by law. «The participation in the national taxi strike is almost total throughout Italy. It’s practically impossible to find a taxi.” The unions who called today’s strike declared this to ANSA. The event will begin shortly in Rome, in Piazza San Silvestro.

Machines stopped «To combat the illegitimate use of rental authorizations and safeguard one’s autonomy and independence from the slavery of algorithms and multinationals». The focus is on the increase in licenses decided in various cities starting from Rome, Milan and Florence, but also the competition with rental cars with driver, in particular those that can be booked through Uber.

© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Read the full article at
The messenger