Men of long standing, men I admire, proper millitant men who've been cabbies for decades all said:
"You'll never get drivers to demo for a week at St Pancras/Kings Cross Station. It's never been done!
It will never be done!"
They warned us of our folly.
What happened?
We did it!
You'll never know if something can be done until you try.
The same with a week at Bank Junction.
Pity we had weak negotiators, who opted for appeasement.
But we did our bit, we got them to the table.
We won.
The Orgs grasped defeat from the jaws of victory.
Then they said no one will have the stamina for a week of protest around London.
And again today, we proved all the doubters wrong.
Never again shall we allow the weak, appeasing 'spokesmen', who refused even to attend a protest with their members, ever speak for us again!
The LCDC, GMB and the RMT supported their members during this week, by turning up on the front line.
Those of us in the LTDA, UCG and Unite, must go back and demand to know why their Org leaders abandoned them.
If you don't like the answers.
Walk out!
And give your hard earned money to those who are willing to stand by you!
We've all suffered and made huge sacrifices this week!
Those traitorous Orgs don't deserve our membership
Five Glorious Days
At the all trade meeting with Mike Brown on Tuesday, our Orgs were fobbed off with "cannot talk about Uber license".
This situation has been stage managed by TfL and aided by the Mayor. Uber should have had its license rightly revoked. It's a facade.
TfL claim they have to let Uber continue to operate while the appeal runs its course, this is not true. Under the Act of 1998 sec 26(2) they can revoke Uber’s licence in the same fashion they revoked Sean Stockings’ licence. Sean was thrown out of work for seven months while his appeal was taking place.
TfL have allowed an illegal operation to continue, in blatant disregard to public safety, even though they knew up to one third of its drivers presented fake criminal record check DBS certificates. They've know this since last January and swept it under the carpet!
Every time TfL and another complicit Mayor makes a decision that is unjust and affects our trade, we must make TfL and the Mayor pay.
We now have contact details of virtually ever news media service (with thanks to Dave Davies) and our volunteer media team, will be informing the media of any wrongdoings and future planned protests.
A single protest has no real effect. We cannot sit on our hands and hope bad people do right by us.
Our next targets may or may not be in the form of week long protests. We may protest state visits, every function Sadiq Khan or Theresa May attends, but one thing is clear, they will be high profile.
Otherwise how do we make the world aware that TfL are selling off our lives to the highest bidder?
Our ultimate aim is to force Sadiq Khan to call on this Government for a transparent public inquiry into TfL's unhealthy relationship with Uber. We want all the old faces dragged back to be examined under oath. "Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done."
We will never give up!
Those who give up, achieve nothing!
We're in this for the long hall.
Everyday our friends are gathering evidence. At every opportunity we will strike to make the public and media aware of the amount of corruption that has led to TfL's criminal acts.
What our detractors fail to realise is we sacrificed our living to protest. The leaflets, our placards, everything is paid by us. We don't collect subs. We don't get paid.
We suffer for our cause.
We can't make drivers fight for their jobs, but collaboration with TfL is not an option.
The LCDC and GMB supported the protests, and the man whom is likely to lead the RMT branch was there everyday.
No 'Sections' are in place to stop an Org wishing its participating members well, or stopping an Org leader from joining our protest as an individual cab driver.
TfL know exactly who we are.
It's an open secret, we spoke openly to Chapman and Blake last year.
Too many leaders accommodating TfL, giving TfL an easy time. Meetings merely gathering points where Org reps are told what to go back and tell their members.
We need a few to stand and say
"No! No this isn't happening!
This is unacceptable”
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT:
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There's a reason 60% of the trade are not allied to an Org or Union. They feel disenfranchised. They see prospective leaders having cosy chats and appeasing TfL.
How many of the 40% who are in an Org, are in it just for the (fragile) legal cover?
The fight for our jobs goes on.
4 comments:
Well Done to everyone concerned in taking the Government,TfL and Courts to count,as a Salford Private Hire Driver and Chair of the CSPHA,I only wish we could be there to support you in demonstrating against what TfL and the Government have failed to do "Revoke Uber's License"
Agree with what’s been said. The trade org need to sit up and take note what drivers/ members exp let’s put an end to the secrecy. To many cosy meting but, no info to drivers/members.
LTDA Wankers as per usual, no change as far as they are
Could someone please tell me for certain, no hearsay, do Lcdc Gmb,provide a substantive level of legal representation a driver can rely on ? I'm in an organisation, which I would dearly like to leave,only for that cover. A driver needs a safety net in case they become a victim of unintended consequence. The Gimps of Blackfriars are intent on making our lives as uncomfortable as possible. The last week has shown a level of synergy and support which should hearten many a driver. I feel let down by the org I'm in but wouldn't want to abandon a 'life boat' for the tumultuous seas of ploughing a solitary furrow and falling victim to the pernicious nature of the Gimps
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