Tito Álvarez announces a slow march of the taxi on the 22nd due to the lack of aid
The leader of the taxi sector in Catalonia, «Tito» Álvarez, denounced this Wednesday that government aid is not reaching the sector and has announced a «very hard mobilization schedule»That would start with a slow march through Barcelona on September 22.
Álvarez, who is running to re-lead Elite Taxi Barcelona, the most representative association of the taxi sector in the Catalan capital, has explained to Efe that if his candidacy wins the entity’s elections, they will implement “very strong pressure measures against all those responsible for our ruin.
The also coordinator of the Union of Associations of Autonomous Workers and Entrepreneurs (UATAE) in Catalonia has pointed out that the demand for taxis has fallen between 50 and 75% and has stressed that taxi drivers are in a situation of “desperation” and of “Technical bankruptcy” given the drop in income and the proximity of the end of the moratoriums on mortgage loans and credits.
Specifically, the first protest, which has already been communicated to the Department of the Interior, will consist of a slow march from the two terminals of the El Prat Airport to Plaza de les Glòries, crossing the entire city of Barcelona on Gran Vía, to which They expect about 8,000 taxi drivers to attend.
Álvarez has indicated that the slow march will be “a first warning”:
“We are lying in the streets, we do not receive aid and there are no longer moratoriums. People are terrible, they are having a very bad time and they are calling for war.
Álvarez has attacked the Government and the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, José Luis Escrivá, for their “tricks” that make it difficult for taxi drivers to obtain aid, as well as against the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and the Generalitat, for not complying with their commitments and not regulating the supply of taxis, which “pile up” at the stops.
“They have asked us for sacrifices and we have made them without question and we have also put in an extra on our part, because we believe that we should contribute to the community at such a difficult time. Now those who govern cannot look the other way and lead us to ruin as if this had nothing to do with the measures that they themselves have imposed.
In addition, it has warned:
“All this is unbearable and we are going to defend ourselves because we no longer have anything to lose”
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Tito Álvarez announces a slow march of the taxi on the 22nd due to the lack of aid
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