Taxi strike - Ryder Cup is for golf — not rip-offs

THE taxi drivers are due to strike from 6am today until 1pm in protest against national charges, set by the taxi regulator, who is also outlawing baggage pickup charges. Previously local authorities set the charges.

The three unions involved in today’s strike, the Taxi Drivers Federation, the National Taxi Drivers Union, and SIPTU, which claim to represent between 70% and over 80% of the taxi drivers, contend that these changes could cost each driver around €4,500 annually.

Today’s action is not likely to do anybody any good, unless it brings home to the taxis drivers themselves that they are on a dangerous course.