The tension between the union of taxis in Bogotá and the National Governmentor for. Hugo Ospina, president of Asoproctax, He has given some controversial statements to the media regarding this scuffle, related to the regulation of mobility apps in the country.
(See: Without consensus, there will be no system of fines for the use of mobility apps).
“We are going to give everything for everything and if this government or someone comes to say that they are going to approve old private vehicles to provide the service, we are going to mobilize throughout the country, taking over the airports. We are going to dump the cars on the tracks and take them to the patios because we are already on the verge of bankruptcy”, he said in recent days in dialogue with the national program RCN news.
Later, in an interview given to the station W Radius, spoke on the subject of social security payment to those who drive taxi and Ospina, being rebuked in this regard for the payment of this type of labor obligations, assured: “If you want us to pay full security to all taxi drivers, the minimum ride must be between 18,000 and 24,000 pesos”.
(See: Mintransporte denies that mobility apps are going to be banned).
Cost of a taxi ride, according to Hugo Ospina.
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Furthermore, he held that this payment must be assumed by the users and not by the owners of the taxisbecause, according to him, “miseries” are being distributed among many workers.
Also, he affirmed that if before he could do about 26 races a day,hour is only doing 14 or 13.
(See: App inDrive boosts its line of services).
The president of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, He spoke out a few days ago in response to the various statements and on his Twitter account he called on taxi drivers and mobile platform drivers
“They seek to pit some workers against other workers, so that the chaos does not allow a peaceful climate for social reforms. Both the people who work on platforms and the taxi drivers are people who are under overexploitationPetro wrote.
It is worth remembering that in recent days the mobility sector has been in trend due to a project that, according to critics, sought to end the mobility apps in Colombia.
After the controversial proposal, the Government met with drivers of these platforms and decided to suspend the project, ensuring that, for now and without consensus, there will be no system of fines for the use of mobility apps.
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