The union of the taxi seems to have entered into an endless battle to defend their rights and those of los viajeros Thus, after getting Uber to shut down in Spain as a passenger transport company, later moving to bring meals, now it looks like Cabify is the next enemy. Or at least that is what emerges from the information published by the website 02B, which echoes the latest complaint of taxi drivers in Madrid before this application
This website publishes various data about enforcement practices and the work of its drivers. Thus, according to the data of 02B, Cabify would be selling VTC licenses for 20,000 euros plus VAT to drivers who want to work with this application. These are vehicle rental licenses with driver, something that is quite different from VC licenses such as those of taxi drivers , since the services are different, with more limitations. And it is that these licenses allow the transport of people from one point to another and charge for it, but not wait for the traveler or other services that taxis are allowed, although they denounce that Cabify also lends them. Of course, all this without creating a labor relationship between the company and the driver, who works as a collaborator or associate.
These data appear to come from an internal Cabify document, that has come into the hands of 02B and that has been presented as evidence before the Commercial court number 12 of Madrid in the complaint of the taxi drivers of the capital against this application. Thus, together with the purchase of the VTC license, the document shows other necessary requirements to work with Cabify , such as the vehicles to use in this service, or the requirement to be available at least 20 hours during the week to receive traveler alerts
These leaked documents reported by said website also show other Cabify application policies and its relationship with associated drivers. Thus, 02B assures that another of the papers in the complaint confirms that the contract for the provision of servicesthat links the driver to the application can be terminated if the driver receives a score of less than 4, 5 by any userA score that, as you remember from the web, has a maximum of five points That is, they can "fire" (despite the absence of an employment contract at use) to the driver despite having paid the 20,000 euros plus VAT of the VTC license necessary to carry out these journeys within the provisions of the law.
Other details that show how drivers operate is that of the billing per mileage. And it is that, supposedly in the case of Cabify, a driver of this application bills 1, 20 euros per kilometer Amount that decreases to euro in the case of exceeding 20 kilometers, and increases by 40 cents each minute waiting of the traveler. In addition, you must add the five euro minimum amount for each journey.
According to 02B, Cabify hides behind no employment relationship with the drivers of your service. In addition, they add that they do not practice the well-known collaborative economy, where all members offer a good to reduce expenses , but instead practices a “new economy”, as stated by the sources contacted by said web publication.
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