Direct. Taxi demonstration in Toulouse: follow the disruptions

Monday March 4, 2024, taxi drivers demonstrate at Toulouse. They must gather this morning at the level of Toulouse-Blagnac airport, of which they will block the main entrance this morning and filter the secondary accesses. A blocking which will last part of the morning.

Then, at the end of the morning, four convoys must head towards the tolls of Labège, Wall, Toulouse North And The union, for filtering operations.

Disruptions are therefore expected this morning, during rush hour. follow her live situation:

08:50 – The traffic situation in Toulouse

Here is traffic conditions in the Toulouse area, this Monday morning at 8:50 a.m. The road is closed towards the airport.

08:30 – Traffic on the A621

Here is the traffic on the A621near Blagnac, this Monday morning.

08:25 – The impact on the Tisséo network

On the Tisséo side, there are reports of disruptions on the network, due to this demonstration. There Airport shuttle as well as lines 30 and 31 are deviated. Their Airport terminus is located in parking lot P5/P6.

“Given the traffic difficulties, delays are possible on the bus lines”, also indicates Tisséo.

Metro lines A and B, tram line T1 and the Téléo line are operating normally.

8:20 a.m. – Live traffic status

In addition to Toulouse-Blagnac airport, the impact on traffic is moderate in the rest of the city this Monday morning, where some disruptions were reported at 8:20 a.m.

8:15 a.m. – “We are not considered at all”

Elise Dufrennepresident of FNAT 31 (National Federation of Taxi Craftsmen), manages a taxi company on the outskirts of Toulouse, with four employees, and she shares her “ concerns ».

We are not considered at all. We are experiencing wage inflation, but not that of our prices, so at some point it will block. There are colleagues who have already stopped the activity.

7:50 a.m. – The main access to the airport is blocked

The main access of Toulouse-Blagnac airport is now totally blocked, notes a journalistToulouse News on the spot.

7:45 a.m. – “Filter dams on tolls” at the end of the morning

While a delegation of 10 taxis must be received at 11 a.m. at the prefecture in Toulouse, Stéphane Abeilhou announces the color: “We will break camp if a delegation meets the ministers, otherwise we will stay”, he breathes, before announcing “filter dams on motorway tolls at the end of the morning » near Muret (A64), Palays (A61), Union (A68) and Toulouse-Nord in the direction of Montauban (A62). And to warn: “The movement is renewable.”

7:30 a.m. – “Anger has taken hold of us,” say the taxis

Stéphane Abeilhou, spokesperson for the National Taxi Union, explains the reasons for the revolt: “We signed the local agreement under duress, on a 2018 rate base, we got one cent per kilometer more in Haute-Garonne. But if we didn’t sign, we were out of agreement and we couldn’t work! » According to him, “more than 600 taxis are approved by Health Insurance, out of a total of 850 in Haute-Garonne”. While the national convention “which defines our working conditions, in particular compulsory shared transport – is “still under negotiation”, it indicates that “our federations have asked to be received by the Ministers (of Health, Transport, Tourism , but also in Matignon). “We are also fighting for those with social insurance. We transport elderly people with small pensions. If we make them pay, they will abandon care. Things are imposed on us without consulting us.”

We wanted a symbolic action, to park at the Capitol without blocking during the morning, but the prefecture refused. We got angry, so we decided to block the airport. The prefecture prefers an economic blockage to a symbolic blockage.

7:10 a.m. – Live from the airport

For now, it’s still circulating, around Toulouse-Blagnac airport, notes our journalist. Of the fireworks are fired on the spot.

6:20 a.m. – What to expect on tolls?

From midday, the four motorway entrances to Toulouse [A68, A62, A61 et A64, NDLR] will be filtered by taxi drivers. “These filters will only be organized in the direction of Toulouse. In this sense, on each toll, only one lane will be maintained, the others will be blocked. In the other direction, motorists will be able to freely leave Toulouse,” Stéphane Abeilhou said on Sunday. Toulouse News.

6 a.m. – Taxis had to go to the Capitol

Initially, taxis were to demonstrate at Place du Capitole.

“We had initially planned to organize a symbolic gathering at Place du Capitole to send a message to the people of Toulouse. We had submitted our request for parking on the Place du Capitole to the regional prefecture, which denied us access. Instead of the symbolic message, the inter-union finally opted for an economic message,” explains Stéphane Abeilhou.

This is why the taxi drivers’ union decided to block the airport.

5:45 a.m. – Why are taxis demonstrating this Monday in Toulouse?

After two major mobilizations at the end of January 2024, this new action by taxi drivers in Toulouse is organized at the call of the National Taxi Union (UNT) 31, the Autonomous Artisans Taxi Union (SAAT) 31 and the National Federation of Taxi (FNDT).

Here are their demands:

Taxis will plead for the defense of “their social rights”, and will demand respect for the application of the Grandguillaume law which aims to regulate “public transport of people” and the market between taxis, VTC and digital platforms such as Uber and Bolt.

In terms of medical transportation, taxis are still opposed to the obligation of shared patient transportation

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