Poll: Wolverhampton minicab drivers want 'fair fare' with base price raise

Over 100 private hire drivers came together to make their case for a 'fair fare'.


Minicab drivers meeting at Dunstall Hill Comunity Centre, Wolverhampton. They want to increase the base rate of the taxi fare. Pictured front: Organiser Raheel Shah.


The drivers, representing Wolverhampton minicabs Central Cars, ABC and Wednesfield Radio Cars, want the base fare price raised to £3.50.

They claim that the price of maintaining and servicing their cars has increased year after year while their fare rates have remained the same.

During a meeting at Dunstall Community Centre on Sunday, drivers got together to discuss how this change can come about.

Sonny Dhillon, a private hire driver and member of Unite the Union, said: "What we are asking for isn't unreasonable.

"For us drivers, if things carry on this way, we won't be able to provide a service that people can enjoy.

"We take pride in what we do, we look after our vehicles so passengers have a safe, comfortable journey and we work long hours.

source: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014 ... ice-raise/

Listen, these guys have got it right. You dictate your own value in this life, you don't let someone tell you how much you are worth.

but what they're arranging is price fixing ffs

No. What they are doing is dictating their value.

then leave and go somewhere else, or start their own

If theyre self employed private hire drivers then whats it got to do with Unite?

So basically what we have is a cartel - prices being fixed and no competition?

ffs some free market

how come i always hear from out of towners who now live in blackpool that we have very expensive cabs.

we start at £2

how come i always hear from out of towners who now live in blackpool that we have very expensive cabs.

we start at £2