CITU calls for strike seeking regulations on taxi aggregator business

The Union has conducted one-day strike twice since the beginning of this year and on Tuesday, it has also called for the drivers working with the online aggregators to join the protest

The Central Indian Trade Union (CITU) called for a one-day protest on Tuesday in Chennai, as it urged the government to regulate taxi aggregator businesses such as Ola and Uber, besides making other demands. The protest comes in the wake of the ongoing strike by the Ola and Uber drivers in various cities. However, the issues for the drivers with these aggregators in Chennai are different from those in other cities, said Union leaders.

The Union is also in the process of preparing a plan to start a taxi aggregator service in the city, along the lines of the Ola and