Like every May 7, this Friday is the Taxi Driver’s Day. With this date, the workers of the sector remember the first collective labor agreement that began to regulate their activity. Likewise, it is an opportunity to celebrate the workers who transport thousands of citizens to different parts of the country.
It is about resolution 67/1989 of the National Federation of Drivers’ Unions and the National Federation of Taxi Owners, with which the activity was regulated. Nevertheless, the Taxi Driver’s Day coincides with the birth of Eva Perón, who played a leading role in the founding of the Argentine Taxi Drivers Union.
Since 2006, the day of the birth of Eva Perón was established as the Day of the Taxi Driver, a day commemorated by all the workers of the aforementioned union. On this date, the workers who make up the classic image of the city are celebrated and who, despite the new powers, remain in force with their distinguished yellow and black colors.
Taxi Driver Monument
Thanks to an initiative of the Federal Capital Taxi Labor Union, taxi drivers have a real-scale monument located on the corner of Avenida de Los Italianos and Macacha Güemes, Puerto Madero. It should be noted that only in Buenos Aires there is a monument dedicated to the workers of this profession.
The work was inaugurated on November 16, 2012 and is about a man leaning on a Siam Di Tella 1500 taxi, one of the most used models in the 1960s. The author of the monument to the taxi driver is Fernando Pugliese, who in addition to being an outstanding plastic artist distinguishes himself as a musician and writer.
