On February 22, they used the taxi driver strike in almost the entire national territorythe drivers were determined to be heard and assert their rights.
However, the day did not appear much, because that same day the Minister of Transportation called a meeting, in which 17 points of the agreement were announced.
In the afternoon of February 22, an agreement was reached to lift the demonstration
Santiago Saldarriaga
As expected, among them is one related to transport platforms. in fact, This February 23, the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes, explained in an interview with columbia today which is what taxi drivers really want.
According to the document ‘Commitments of the Ministry of Transport and the F2 national committee’, the National Government stated that in terms of technological platforms, the Ministries of ICTs, Science, Technology and Innovation, Labor and Transport, are going to work, together with all the transport actors, but being clear that any regulation that is intended to be issued will correspond exclusively to the Congress of the Republic within the framework of the democratic debate.
But what do taxi drivers want? during the program columbia todaypublished in the official account of the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, The Minister of Transportation shared what was discussed with the taxi drivers’ union on the controversial issue.
(Keep reading: This is how the taxi driver strike in Medellín and its metropolitan area ended).
They are not opposed to the issue of platforms…
According to the official, taxi drivers demand that the platforms comply with the law of the municipal authorities.
«They are not opposed to the issue of platforms, what they demand is that if they are intended to be used to provide the transport service, it must be done through vehicles that do so in compliance with all the conditions that taxi drivers have» , said.
The theme is focused on «generating equality, equity and of course, be adjusted to the legal system, in matters of payment of taxes, in matters of social security and in terms of the quality of vehicles”.
In the afternoon of February 22, an agreement was reached to lift the demonstration
Santiago Saldarriaga
(You can read: Why didn’t the taxi drivers miss the protest in Bogotá?).
The great discussion that taxis have is that it is not fair that they have to pay a quota and private vehicles do not
The union considers it unfair that they must follow certain requirements to mobilize their vehicle and that the drivers of the platforms do not submit to any of them when both are doing the same work.
“The great discussion that taxis have is that it is not fair that they have to pay a quota, that they have to pay for insurance, that they have to request an issue of forms and homologation, while those who do it with private vehicles do not have to comply this series of conditions”, specified the Ministry of Transport in an interview.
Strike of taxi drivers in Medellín this February 22.
Jaiver Nieto / EL TIEMPO
This government is not going to let the issue go unnoticed
Therefore, The taxi drivers ask that the service provided by the platforms be subject to all the rules, conditions and follow the same treatment that is required of taxi drivers.
“That is the great discussion that there is towards the platforms,” said the official. Finally, he ended forcefully by stating that «this government is not going to let the issue go unnoticed.»
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