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Valencian Taxi Unions Announce Free Two-Hour 'Japanese Strike' During Fallas

Unions set a two-week deadline for the Generalitat to tighten VTC rules.

Overview

  • Taxi groups will offer free service from 13:00 to 15:00 on March 14 and 18 in Valencia, with Castellón included on March 14.
  • The action is timed to coincide with planned stoppages on Metrovalencia and, on March 18, the TRAM of Alicante.
  • Associations say the protest targets a draft decree they view as de facto liberalization of VTCs in urban areas.
  • Demands include immediate regulatory changes, stronger inspection capacity, and no urban VTC authorizations without local impact studies.
  • After a dialogue meeting with conseller Vicente Martínez Mus ended without agreement, unions warned of a wider protest campaign if no action is taken within two weeks, citing 9,216 families tied to the sector.