The taxi drivers of Madrid occupy the Gran Vía after the rejection of their demands

The taxi drivers of Madrid occupy the Gran Vía after the rejection of their demands

The Community of Madrid refuses to accept the pre-contracting of one hour of the Vtc and the end of the geolocation

 The taxi drivers of Madrid have taken this afternoon the Gran Vía of the capital in an unauthorized demonstration. It is the protest of the union to the announcement of the Community of Madrid that is not willing to agree with the protesters, who insist on demanding that the regional government limit the temporary precontraception of the VTC. Moreover, the regional president, Angel Garrido, almost at the same time that the taxi drivers registered their latest proposal to undo the conflict, has warned that the community will not give in to the "blackmail" of a sector that considers that they are hands of "radicals". podemized ».

Garrido has warned taxi drivers that he still considers that his proposal aims to "eliminate" his competition and already anticipates that the answer will be "no". We are open to negotiate the respect of rights, but not to go against the rights of the opposite. If they intend to eliminate the VTC the answer will be no, "he insisted.

One hour and without geolocation
And is that the draft officially presented on Wednesday by the union insists that the community imposes a minimum pre-contract of one hour to companies such as Uber and Cabify , as Catalonia has already done. This is the "red line" that the regional government will never accept. The community, proposed as a maximum space limitation (that can not be contracted with the App to vehicles that are too close to the customer).

The text released on Wednesday by the five associations that support the strike (The Professional Taxi Federation of Madrid, the Auto Taxi Association of Madrid, the Madrid Taxi Association, Elite Taxi Madrid and the Plataforma Caracol Association) includes other requirements: that the VTC can only be hired to perform a minimum service of five kilometers ; that vehicles with a driver do not have surface parking; that the VTCs can not walk down the street waiting for customers and that they have to return to their base compulsory after the service; that can not use geolocator for hiring; and that the new regulations clearly define the concept of "customer acquisition".

«Bring it»
Julio Sanz, president of the Professional Taxi Federation, responsible for publicly presenting this latest proposal, has warned that the sector will continue with the mobilizations if the Community of Madrid does not agree to negotiate these points because taxi drivers "we will not accept a tragala » . "It is not exceptional, it is something that is being done in other communities such as Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands or the Basque Country," said Sanz, while taking stock of the ten days of strike.

According to the sector, during these days 128 taxis have been attacked , the last one this night has been burned. A hundred taxi drivers have been injured and six other drivers have been arrested, three of whom are charged.