In the wake of the Bank Junction Taxi access scandal, and with Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road, and Baker Street to follow suit, Camden and Hackney have unveiled plans to ban Taxis from more of our working area.
If you are going to be weak, just sit back, bend over and get shafted without a fight, there will be much more to follow.
If you are expecting your org to fight tooth and nail on your behalf, you are very misguided.
The members of the New United Trade Group have all signed a good behaviour clause in the new engagement policy, so won’t be doing anything on your behalf that might upset TfL, for fear of exclusion from the secret, un-minuted meetings.
We need leaders will backbone!
Not unopened war chests
It’s time to stand up and say:“ENOUGH’s ENOUGH”.
We need a War Council, not self-interested egotistic empire builders
Because that’s exactly what we are facing, a war on Taxis drivers and our trade.
While London’s Cabbies are stressing over how they are going to find the money to pay their tax bills, Theresa May stands up and tells Europe ‘we must save’ Uber, an illegally operating predatory company that doesn’t pay UK taxes, a company her husband has a conflict of interest in with his investment group.
You couldn’t make it up.
A New Game's Afoot!
Both Camden and Hackney have published online consultations, but don’t count on them as they(like TfL) take no notice if consultations... they just go in and do what ever they want, knowing that any resistance will be weak.
Camden’s consultation closes on the 20th of February 2018.
Up for closure...Frederick St, to be joined by roads around Mount Pleasant. If you feel you’d like to have your opinion heard, click this link below:
The biggest threat to your right to ply for hire is being launched by Hackney again.
If you’d like to be heard, click their link below:
The Hackney consultation is about the closure of several streets around Shoreditch to all but electric vehicles. It will be many years before the majority of London Taxis are electric.
Remember the proposed 20mph around schools that were suddenly rolled out borough wide, and then quickly escalated to neighbouring boroughs?
If access is restricted in Shoreditch, it won’t be long before other boroughs follow suit.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT :
Another kick in the wallet comes from Westminster City Council who never wanting to miss a revenue raising trick, have now implemented new parking charges to pre 2015 diesel Taxis, 50% higher than petrol vehicles.
The City of London and TfL have not kept their promise (there's a surprise) to reopen the Bank Junction should there be road closures in the surrounding area.
There has been no movement from our wonderful representative orgs in the New United Trade Group ( NUT group) to get CoL and TfL to keep their promise....Wouldn't want to break the good behaviour clause they signed up to, but keep paying the subs 👀👍🏻
5 comments:
What’s the point of us evan trying to fight back? We don’t have one single trade org who s fighting for their member. They perfer to keep up with the inn fighting for a high other while this trade is been fuck from evey way.
You have to laugh or try to, they have all sign up to the rules of engagement. When they had their larst meeting we had Mike Brown? Say we can’t discuss Uber yet the PM can. We have two ladders Union in the UK who have sign up to this rule of engagement Unite, RMT, If they where having industrial action let’s say BAA Or RMT with TFL would they agree to talks where they been told what they can talk about, would they sign up to such rules of engagement yet they do for the cab trade why?
Personally I give up with this trade org, and drivers (UNTILL WE ALLL UNITE AND STAD UP AND FIGHT TOGETHER WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME) from now come out do what I want . it will not can not change with the apathy thet trade org,reps, and drivers show. WAKE UP THE LOT OF YOU.
We can demo all we want it’s finished let’s just put it down to bad representation no new applicants are going to be accepted on the Knolwedge soon due to applicants not signing up there is 13 yellow badges on the Knolwedge at present and just over 200 on the green if that’s not game over I don’t know what it think I’m talking Bollox think again it’s coming
Last one out turn off the lights ,
Everyone seen this coming but
Did very little,
Now Mrs May in their side it’s
GAME OVER.
are the 'orgs' waiting for the bigger-picture?
getting their coffers filled, from a 100,000 P.H. members?
Never, ever give up. That’s what they want, I will keep going till the last hand goes up. Determination that’s what we ALL have in common as London’s finest and the Worlds Best Taxi Service ...
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