COSTA DEL SOL taxi drivers have referred to as a strike for in the present day, Thursday September 22, posing potential journey chaos on the metropolis’s air and sea ports, bus and railway stations.
Aside from important providers similar to transporting the disabled, aged or households with kids, there will likely be no taxi service between 11am to 1pm at Malaga’s air and sea ports, or at bus or railway stations.
Moreover, whereas colleagues attend an indication in Sevilla between 10:30am and 2pm, solely half the taxi fleet in Malaga metropolis and on the remainder of the Costa del Sol will likely be operative.
The protest is in opposition to the decree ready by the Junta to manage the exercise of VTC autos (non-public rent car) in city centres from October 1—at present allowing firms similar to Uber, Cabify and Bolt to proceed working inside metropolis centres.
“We’re sorry for the inconvenience, however we really feel cheated by the Junta as a result of it’s working in opposition to the pursuits of the sector, which is the livelihood of 1000’s of households,” mentioned the president of the Confederation of Taxis on the Costa del Sol, Miguel Ángel Martin.
In line with the taxi sector, VTC autos are unfair competitors for the sector and have to be extra severely regulated.
“We don’t wish to cease anyone working, the ride-hailing firms ought to function in their very own manner and we’ll function in ours. But when the Junta goes to let these corporations work as if they’re taxis it’s an issue, as a result of they aren’t taxis,” mentioned the spokesman for Élite Taxi Costa del Sol, Guillermo Diaz.
As October 1 approaches the strain between the VTC autos and the taxi sector is all of the extra evident with the Andalucian Affiliation of VTC Automobile Rental, Andeval, accusing the Confederation of Taxis of being ‘pressuring the Junta’ with a ‘deceptive argument.’
The Junta is because of approve the laws on subsequent Tuesday, September 27, and thus far, regardless of weeks of negotiations, no progress has been made.
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