Next week Wednesday, the 15th of January 2020, the Independent Taxi Alliance (ITA) will resume their protest against restriction of access in certain London boroughs. Assembly point will be Parliament Square at 13:00 and the protest will end at 16:00.
It appears talks with the Metropolitan police may have broken down, so please keep a lookout on trade social media platforms such as, Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp groups.
The ITA say they will have a few announcements to make, closer to that date
In the event of a total breakdown with the police, please be ready to move all over London and attend flash demo’s called to strategic points as and when the messages go out.
Destinations will be given by word of mouth and through social media groups.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT:
In just a few weeks Taxis will be excluded along with all traffic (except buses and cycles) from Tottenham Court Road.
Also Tower Hamlets and Hackney have made plans to exclude us from many streets in their boroughs.
This we feel is a restriction of trade and we will no longer be able to offer the quickest route to passengers, plus as we are the capitals only 100% wheelchair accessible service, disabled passengers will also be discriminated against.
We’ve had no support from TfL or the London Assembly, so far our pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
Our largest org again, wants us to “Wait and See”...but we’ve seen exactly what waiting and seeing does, with the Bank Junction.
Don’t wait till it’s too late
Once you lose access, you will never get it back
We need to win this one and we need to win quick, before it’s too late. As Sean Paul Day says, your future in this trade is in your hands. If We Don’t Defend Our Working Practices Today, We Won’t Have The Collective Strength To Do So Tomorrow.
Let’s make it thousands not hundreds, turn up and protest.
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