The union association has called a “great protest” to demand the resignation of the president of the CNMC
The taxi drivers they will return to demonstrate today in Barcelonathis time to claim the resignation of the president of the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC), Cani Fernandez. This was announced on Tuesday Alberto Alvarezspokesperson for the trade union Elite Taxiwho has urged drivers of taxis to go to one “big protest” in front of campus of the institution.
The sector of cab calls for Fernández’s resignation after the massive filtration of internal documents Uberamong which is evidenced the breach of laws during the confrontation particular of the VTC with the taxi driverswhen they took advantage of start concessions to the authorities.
“From the Torre Agbar downwards”
As Álvarez has explained, the taxi drivers I know will concentrate at 11:00 a.m. in the morning in front of the campus of the CNMCon the Street of bolivia, 56 . Before, they also plan to go to the diagonal avenuewhere the traffic “from the Agbar Tower (current Torre Glòries) towards downAlvarez has cleared up that it is a concentrationbut there will be no stoppage of services.
Elite Taxi claim the resignation of Cani Fernandezcurrent leader of the CNMC. From the platform they denounce that Fernández served as a lawyer of Uber in 2017the year in which the same union took the platform to the european justice.
Also, neither they understand how the institution has not yet been “uninhibited” of proceedings open counter Elite Taxi Y TaxiProject by the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO), whom they ask “don’t be fooled”. These statements come just after the meeting that took place this Wednesday between both parties. The taxi drivers have requested that the institution claim the documents showing the different practices illegal exercised by Uber during the consolidation of said company.
“Traitors” of the taxi sector
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During the press conference, Alberto Alvarezknown as ‘Titus’ within the sector, it has also addressed companions by profession who now work for Uber, Cabify and other companies of VTC: “The taxi drivers that they work for Uberfor us they are some traitors“, he said after defending his own freedom of expression.
“All the workers who work for these companies that give themselves short because they are doing a damage to the sector irreparable“, he added after to regret that the current model regulations of licenses VTC is causing the “collapse of cities” and the “precariousness from work”.