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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Taxi drivers call all-out strike for next week |
Taxi drivers call all-out strike for next week TAXI drivers have called an all-out strike for next week. Private hire and Hackney cab drivers across Kirklees will take industrial action next Friday. The strike could seriously disrupt late-night revellers in Huddersfield town centre at the start of the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. Drivers took the move today after Kirklees Council announced plans to increase taxi licence fees. Last week the council’s Cabinet decided to increase the annual charge for driver licence renewal 62% from £37 to £60. Licences for Hackney carriage cars will rise from £106 to £135 and for private hire cabs from £125 to £135. The strike comes after taxi drivers’ representatives met council officers at Cleckheaton Town Hall this morning. Amjad Nadeem, secretary of Kirklees Hackney Carriage Association, was at the meeting. He said: "Talks have broken down regarding the licence increase. The council refused to accept our objections. "We walked out of the meeting and we’re planning a 24-hour strike for May 1." |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi drivers call all-out strike for next week |
captain cab wrote: Drivers took the move today after Kirklees Council announced plans to increase taxi licence fees.
Do the NTA have members there cos I think a national union has e-mailed the local council reminding them of the Manchester-v-King judgement, and asking that council to justify the 62% increase in driver's licenses? 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi drivers call all-out strike for next week |
Sussex wrote: Do the NTA have members there
No they dont. CC |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:52 pm ] |
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They are not taking it lying down. 
http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/ ... 5200487.jp |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:03 pm ] |
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Tories to the rescue. 
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-we ... -23478236/ |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:28 pm ] |
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Strikes off. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-we ... -23510965/ |
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