The sector of the cab go back to the strike against the VTC licenses on Wednesday, May 18 at Barcelona. Call all vehicles to stop Catalonia to denounce the Generalitat “does not contemplate respecting” the radius of an authorization VTC (rental vehicles with driver) for each 30 cabs in it new decree law prepared by the Department of the Vice President, Digital Policies and Territory.
The unemployment It will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a Slow march which will start in Gran Via with Balmes street and will go to the Parliamentannounced this Thursday the organizers, Elite Taxi, STAC Y Taxi Companies. The entities predict a protest with a great following because it is supported by all the associations and entities of the sector. Thus, they expect Diagonal to be filled with vehicles from all over the territory.
The announcement of the strike comes after the sector learned that the ‘conselleria’ could announce a draft of the legal framework that will regulate the activity of the VTC authorizations. “The department is based on statements for which they do not provide any scientific evidence. As the new VTC licenses have provided competitive pressure that has improved the service in urban passenger transport,” the conveners have criticized through a statement.
“Scrap the Sector”
The taxi drivers shoot with a bullet: they assure that it is not a coincidence that the Generalitat shares the argument of the digital transport platforms. “We are sure that they want to scrap and eliminate the taxi sector.”
The organizers ask that the “freedom of business establishment” be fulfilled. To do this, they reiterate that the decree that goes beyond the 1/30 ratio that they have been demanding for years comes into force: this rule establishes that as of September 29, 2022, the VTCs will not be able to carry out urban services.
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As of October 1, the four-year moratorium that gave the autonomous communities to regulate the activity of the sector expires. the former minister Jose Luis Abalos approved this royal decree in 2018 after a serious crisis with taxi drivers.
Against the VTC
Elite Taxi, STAC and Taxi Companys have taken advantage of the occasion to once again attack the VTC beyond the unfair competitionl who claim to suffer. “The bad ones are known Labor conditions and low levels of preparation of drivers, which translates into a high level of accident rate and low quality of service”, they criticized in a statement.