Taxi Drivers Strike

Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by mini-bus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, authorities said on Tuesday.

Autorickshaw drivers and bike taxis have been competing for space on Bengaluru's roads to gain customers.

Drivers of ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola have postponed their strike for 15 days after the Delhi government's assurance that their demands for subsidy on CNG and revision of fare would be looked into.

Unions representing autorickshaws and taxis called off their strike against fuel price hike on Tuesday, however, they have warned that if the demands of auto/taxi drivers are not met within the next 25 days, they will cut Delhi's food supply chain.

The strike called by drivers attached to ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola demanding subsidy on CNG prices and revision of fare rates entered its second day today.

To protest against the soaring fuel prices, members of auto, taxi and cab drivers' associations in Delhi have decided to go on a strike from Monday for two days.

General secretary of the Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, Rajendra Soni, said the "unprecedented" hike in rates of CNG has taken a toll on auto and cab drivers.

With a fresh hike of Rs 2.5 in CNG prices, the members of auto, taxi and cab drivers' associations on Thursday warned authorities that they will go on a strike from April 18 to press for their demand of subsidy on gas prices.

Issuing a clarification that autorickshaws and taxis will not go on a strike in Delhi in support of protesting farmers, Delhi Autorickshaw Union and Delhi Pradesh Taxi Union on Tuesday said the drivers can not afford to protest as there is already decline in work opportunity due to COVID-19 pandemic.

As Uber drivers planned a global strike on Wednesday ahead of the ride-hailing giant's massive initial public offering (IPO), Uber drivers in India said they are facing the heat as cash incentives have considerably gone down while work hours have gone up. Drivers in cities like Los Angeles, New York City, London and Tokyo were to join the strike an...

The new regulation came after pressure from taxi drivers, which have held many strikes in Barcelona and remain on strike in Spanish capital Madrid.

The strike against Uber began in Barcelona last week and spread to Madrid at the weekend as drivers blocked main thoroughfares, demanding action from the government.

Drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the midnight of March 18.

Uber's food delivery service UberEATS is up and running in Gurugram, two months after it launched in Mumbai. However, the company won't say how it plans to avoid the pitfalls it faced in the taxi space.

Hundreds of tourists who came to Himachal Pradesh to escape the unbearable heat were inconvenienced on Tuesday as taxi drivers went on a day-long strike. More than 2,000 taxis remained off the roads to protest the local administration's decision restricting the entry of tourist vehicles bound for the Rohtang Pass beyond Gulaba

Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by mini-bus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, authorities said on Tuesday.

Autorickshaw drivers and bike taxis have been competing for space on Bengaluru's roads to gain customers.

Drivers of ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola have postponed their strike for 15 days after the Delhi government's assurance that their demands for subsidy on CNG and revision of fare would be looked into.

Unions representing autorickshaws and taxis called off their strike against fuel price hike on Tuesday, however, they have warned that if the demands of auto/taxi drivers are not met within the next 25 days, they will cut Delhi's food supply chain.

The strike called by drivers attached to ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola demanding subsidy on CNG prices and revision of fare rates entered its second day today.

To protest against the soaring fuel prices, members of auto, taxi and cab drivers' associations in Delhi have decided to go on a strike from Monday for two days.

General secretary of the Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, Rajendra Soni, said the "unprecedented" hike in rates of CNG has taken a toll on auto and cab drivers.

With a fresh hike of Rs 2.5 in CNG prices, the members of auto, taxi and cab drivers' associations on Thursday warned authorities that they will go on a strike from April 18 to press for their demand of subsidy on gas prices.

Issuing a clarification that autorickshaws and taxis will not go on a strike in Delhi in support of protesting farmers, Delhi Autorickshaw Union and Delhi Pradesh Taxi Union on Tuesday said the drivers can not afford to protest as there is already decline in work opportunity due to COVID-19 pandemic.

As Uber drivers planned a global strike on Wednesday ahead of the ride-hailing giant's massive initial public offering (IPO), Uber drivers in India said they are facing the heat as cash incentives have considerably gone down while work hours have gone up. Drivers in cities like Los Angeles, New York City, London and Tokyo were to join the strike an...

The new regulation came after pressure from taxi drivers, which have held many strikes in Barcelona and remain on strike in Spanish capital Madrid.

The strike against Uber began in Barcelona last week and spread to Madrid at the weekend as drivers blocked main thoroughfares, demanding action from the government.

Drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the midnight of March 18.

Uber's food delivery service UberEATS is up and running in Gurugram, two months after it launched in Mumbai. However, the company won't say how it plans to avoid the pitfalls it faced in the taxi space.

Hundreds of tourists who came to Himachal Pradesh to escape the unbearable heat were inconvenienced on Tuesday as taxi drivers went on a day-long strike. More than 2,000 taxis remained off the roads to protest the local administration's decision restricting the entry of tourist vehicles bound for the Rohtang Pass beyond Gulaba