About three thousand taxis drove up about 12:00 idling for the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Lisbon to protest against the transport of passengers by the company that uses the Uber application.
after breaking the Park of Nations in Lisbon, taxi drivers passed through the airport, having joined “the march” more industry professionals. The organizers of the protest – in charge of the National Association of Road Carriers for Passenger Cars (ANTRAL.) – Points to more than 3,000 taxis involved in the march in the capital
After the airport, those professionals have gone to the Institute of Mobility and Transport (IMT), which were recorded a few moments of “tension” between taxi drivers joined the protest and those who are working.
In the IMT area, a photographer was beaten and locked for a few taxi drivers after it has photographed a driver who was not in protest and in service to be hit by an egg.
The hit driver got out and was taking satisfaction of colleagues, engaging in clashes physical. When the photojournalist came to do his work was attacked with two punches.
The organization asked immediately apologize for what happened, with most of the taxi drivers claim to be against any kind of violence.
The caravan came close to a stop order at Lisbon airport, so taxis waiting in the area of departures and arrivals to join.
João Ferreira, taxi driver for over 22 years, said Lusa “never seen a protest like this”, being proud solidarity that today the sector showed around a cause.
While participating in the protest, João Ferreira does not forget the “dent” that it should have done to those who are working.
“I agree that we must demonstrate our discontent, but who wants to go to work is not to blame and is carrying with it all,” he lamented.
Every year, João Ferreira spent in taxi about five thousand euros, between insurance and maintenance costs.
“If there are some bad luck, a hit with guilt, for example, there goes the budget. Why can not I do the prices of Uber “he explained to Lusa.
The taxi drivers complain that Uber” is operating illegally “and that’s one of the main reasons why João Ferreira joined the protest along with hundreds of colleagues.
“They (Uber) make unfair competition. If we have all the same rules no problem. Now, we, taxi drivers, have more obligations to them, “he said.
The caravan came to be stop about a quarter of an hour on Avenida Gago Coutinho, in Lisbon, to go to the IMT, with head of the caravan to be at the crossroads of the United States and the end of the column beyond the Clock Roundabout.
Some taxi drivers who did not join the protest and went on Gago Coutinho towards the airport were insulted by companions who were standing, some even got hit with eggs, being ‘labeled’ as sticks protests
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