Taxi, Gallucci (Orsa): “without excerpt art.8 of the competition bill no dialogue and strike on 24/11”

“Without the removal of article 8 of the competition bill there can be no dialogue and therefore there will be the strike of November 24 which was decided yesterday with almost all the acronyms representing the sector”. This was stated to Adnkronos by the national secretary of Orsa Taxi, Rosario Gallucci, commenting on the rules on taxi service contained in the competition bill on the day. “If the Government wants to give a signal of openness by removing article 8 – on this point we are adamant – we can still stop the general strike otherwise if it continues to go its way we will continue with our mobilization which will include other initiatives also in local level “, underlines Gallucci. “We are willing to discuss but on the basis of the excerpt of article 8 of the competition bill. Article 8 is a declaration of war on our sector and whoever sows wind collects storm”. Yesterday at the end of the national meeting, Acai Milano, Ati Taxi, Atlt, Cgil, Cisl, Claai, Cna Fita, Confail, Confartigianato, Fast, Federtaxi, Legacoop, Orsa Taxi, Satam, Silt, Tam, Tras, Ugl Taxi, Uil, Unimpresa, Uritaxi, Usb-taxi and Uti have expressed their concerns about the guidelines contained in article 8 “which propose to overturn the public service of non-scheduled transport, excluding local authorities from the competence on tariffs and quotas, and subjecting a sector to competition that guarantees and must continue to guarantee an essential public service “. The trade associations therefore announcing “a first day of mobilization with national detention for next November 24” therefore asked for “the removal of art. 8 of the Competition bill; the conclusion of the reform process of 21/92, already started by this same Parliament in February 2019 (suspended for almost three years), with the publication of the expected implementing decrees: Service sheet, Ren, and discipline for technological applications “. Once article 8 has been removed, Gallucci explains,” it will be possible to resume the dialogue starting from the implementing decrees that have remained pending and concerning the spreadsheet for NCCs, the regulation of apps and the REN, i.e. the electronic registration that will finally allow clarity on how many NCCs are scattered in Italy and where they are sign in”. In reiterating that the Bolkestein directive does not apply to taxis “which are a public utility service”, the national secretary of Orsa Taxi stresses that the protest will affect Rome in particular. “It is in Rome that the direction of this injustice is found. Strong economic powers and multinationals are pressing to monopolize the sector”, he adds.