The unions confirmed the agitation at national level “in defense of their work, to counter the illegitimate use of rental authorizations and safeguard their autonomy and independence from the slavery of algorithms and multinationals”: A 48-hour stop was also threatened close to the elections
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It will be a very difficult task to find a taxi today, from 8am to 10pm throughout Italy. The unions have confirmed the strike which will culminate with a demonstration in Piazza San Silvestro, in Rome, from 11am to 5pm. An abstention from work which has brought together practically all the unions and acronyms except Loreno Bittarelli’s 3570 – l The latest dates back to July 2022 – which hopes for “the participation of the entire category in defense of their work, to counter the illegitimate use of rental authorizations and safeguard their autonomy and independence from the slavery of algorithms and multinationals”. But consumer associations speak of a “useless strike” which only serves “to maintain caste privileges”. The union representatives, for their part, have taken matters further: “On Monday we will have a meeting with a government representative, if the discussion is not positive, given the technical times, we are ready to strike again for 48 hours, close to the European elections”.
To protect users
Taxi drivers are asking the government for certain rules for the sector and will try to explain their reasons to citizens tomorrow by distributing leaflets: “ours is not and must not seem like a corporate defense, we will also take to the streets to protect users – underlines the national manager by Ugl taxi, Alessandro Genovese – Today users can in fact count on certified rates, tomorrow, without adequate implementing decrees and therefore without rules it is not certain: if the demand for taxi and NCC services grows the algorithms of the multinationals go through the roof in situations; emergency or natural disasters, prices, as we have seen, have increased by up to 400%”.
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Uber’s interference
USB coordinator Riccardo Cacchione explains that “the overall attitude of the majority in this last period has triggered our alarm: the interferences that Uber has imposed on politics are nothing new, and therefore what is in all respects a stop the discussion and a rebound between different ministries requires us to go directly to a discussion with Prime Minister Meloni. We strongly ask that the majority conclude the discussion with our category and we ask that the adequate implementing decrees, which have been on hold for 5 years now. in the ministries of Economic Development and Transport, which define the rules and constraints to protect public transport, are approved as soon as possible”
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Codacons’ position
The national secretary of CGIL taxi, Nicola Di Giacobbe, points out that the strike was called “to ask the government to write and approve decrees that serve to implement the spirit of the sector’s framework law, not to overturn it to accommodate the pressure of those who want to act profit with mobility”. Codacons speaks of the “uselessness” of tomorrow’s strike, “citizens will not feel any difference compared to any other day of the week because taxis are already usually unavailable in the main Italian cities”. For Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumers Union, it is the “usual unmotivated and preventive strike to maintain caste privileges”. For Assoutenti it is an “absurd and unmotivated strike”.
