Taxi drivers strike in Warsaw on April 8
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Taxi drivers plan to protest against ride-hailing services, such as Uber, in Warsaw on Monday. The strike participants will start gathering at selected points from 6 am to get further instructions. The selected points are CH Targówek Głębocka, Błonia Centrum Olimpijskiego, Makro Popularna, and CH Janki. Unofficially, taxi drivers said that they plan to block Łódź - Warsaw part of A2 motorway,
At 10 am the protesters will meet in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister to start the picket. Taxi drivers will then go to the Ministry of Justice, to Three Crosses Square, and to the US embassy. Afterward, the strikers will come back to the Chancellery to end the protest at around 6 pm. The taxi drivers claim that ride-hailing services create unfair competition. However, according to the recent survey of the Institute for Social Research and Market, only 16.5 percent of Poles would like Uber to leave the market.
(money.pl)
