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October 22, 2021 The protest launched by all the taxi drivers unions began this morning at 8, with a garrison in Rome for a demonstration from under the headquarters of the Ministry of Economic Development and then continued at the Ministry of Transport.



Ugl taxi, Federtaxi Cisal, Tam, Satam, Claai, Unimpresa, Usb taxi, Or.SA taxi, Ati Taxi, Fast Confsal and Associazione Tutela Legale Taxi have joined the mobilization.

Taxi drivers demonstrate for app regulation and against illegal trafficking in the sector.




"We are forced to stop and ask that the institutions finally listen to us - so the trade unions - and complete the sector reform process, with the approval of those now indispensable rules necessary to regulate the arrogant intrusiveness of digital intermediation platforms and countering the rampant phenomena of illegal activities ".



The reasons for the protest


"Digital intermediation platforms (apps on smartphones) and carriers of all kinds, starting from garage rental cars, passing to minibuses of various types and types, up to golf cars and rickshaws that perform undisturbed a activities that are partially or even totally abusive "- among the reasons expressed by the unions in a press release -" in the absence of certain rules they can act undisturbed by continuing to invade our specific sector of action in which, in a strict context of regulations, we are instead forced to act ".   



The national strike was called until 10pm today.