Taxis: 48-hour nationwide strike – Vehicles to stop running on December 2 and 3

Taxi drivers across the country will proceed with a 48-hour strike on December 2 and 3, as announced by the Panhellenic Taxi Federation (POEIATA).

The federation’s announcement lists the drivers’ demands:

“The taxi sector has reached its limits!

All avenues for dialogue with the competent ministries, especially the Ministry of Transport, have been exhausted, without any solutions provided to the problems affecting the daily life and survival of our members.

Our longstanding and fundamental demands, which concern issues of viability and day-to-day operation for our members, have remained unresolved for a long time. Several bills have passed, and all we received in return was extensions and calls for patience.

Today, Monday, November 24, the Federation’s Board of Directors convened and decided unanimously:

A 48-hour nationwide warning strike is declared for Tuesday, December 2, and Wednesday, December 3, with demonstrations across the country.

Procedures will begin for convening an Industry Council to decide on continued, long-term mobilizations.

The Board’s demands are as follows:

• Extension of the obligation for electrification until 2035.
• Addressing unfair competition caused by multinational ride-hailing apps.
• Immediate measures to combat the illegal appropriation of taxi work by private hire vehicles (E.I.X.).
• Increase of time-based charges and the minimum fare nationwide.
• Renegotiation of regulations governing the access of taxis carrying passengers to special traffic lanes.
• Implementation of all pending issues included in the omnibus bill.
• Adjustment of the fare structure.
• Fair tax treatment.

Meanwhile, we await a meeting with the Ministry, where the Federation’s leadership and the heads of the trade groups will participate.

If no responses are provided, the sector will unanimously and decisively determine its next steps.”