Athens – Striking tax drivers blocked roads leading to Greece’s largest port and airport on Monday in a 48-hour protest at the government’s plans to liberalise the sector.
Traffic in the Greek capital was brought to a standstill outside the port of Pireaus and the main road leading to Athens’ International Airport as more than 2,000 taxis formed an endless convoy.
Taxi drivers say that relaxing limitations for entering the profession will result in an overabundance of drivers, thus putting a strain on a business already suffering from the economic crisis.
Workers also claim that expensive licenses they had to buy – and which they hoped to sell on to the next generation – have now become worthless.
(source: DPA)
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