Euro taxi drivers stage strike against Uber

It’s fairly new in the Philippines. Some of you might have already downloaded those apps and taken a taxi ride or two as result. In Europe, however, private cab apps such as Uber have become so popular it is stirring unrest – among traditional taxi drivers. Taxi drivers brought parts of London, Paris, Berlin and other European cities to a standstill on June 11, as they protested against new private cab apps  which have shaken up the industry. The main issue is license: old-time cab drivers say the successful San Francisco-based start-up operates without a license in the cities where they’re accessed, unlike traditional cab drivers who go through training and screening. Uber was undeterred, saying the striking drivers belonged to the “Dark Ages.”

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