Online taxis to go off road in Kerala today

Kerala Online Drivers Union are on a warpath. Raising various demands, union president Jackson Varghese has begun a death hunger strike.
The striking cabbies want an end to the pool and share system (File Photo | Reuters)
The striking cabbies want an end to the pool and share system (File Photo | Reuters)

KOCHI:  Kerala Online Drivers Union are on a warpath. Raising various demands, union president Jackson Varghese has begun a death hunger strike. Expressing support to the hunger strike, all the organisations representing online taxi drivers will not conduct service on Thursday in the city from 7 am to 7 pm. 

According to Jackson, the drivers will stage a dharna in front of the Collectorate. “Around 101 Ola and Uber drivers will roll on the road around the Collectorate in protest against the apathy of the government in solving the problems faced by them,” he said. 

Unions’ demands 

  • Stop exorbitant commission charged by Uber and Ola 
  • Increase wages by implementing the govt-decided fare  
  • End sacking drivers without any prior intimation 
  • Stop Ola from bringing in vehicles of their own   
  • End pool and share system  
  • Monitor the functioning of companies by the state government

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