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Abu Dhabi Cab Drivers Petition Government for a Fair Wage

Here is wishing them good luck.

Cab drivers petition over salary cuts

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/12/07/10265309.html

12/06/2008 11:53 PM | By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi: About 300 Indian taxi drivers submitted mass petitions to authorities, saying they are unable to meet even the food expenses due to undue cuts on salaries.

“We thought of a strike to raise our grievances, but realising it is illegal in the UAE, we submitted the petitions,” said the drivers working with Al Ghazal Transport. They produced copies of three sets of mass petitions (and documents like salary slips, offer letter, receipts and account statements).

The petitions signed by about 300 drivers with their names and ID card numbers, submitted to TransAD, the Centre for Regulation of Transport by Hire Cars (Abu Dhabi’s regulatory authority for taxis) on November 11 and 23 complained that about Dh260 per month on licence and training and up to Dh800 on performance (Dh200 weekly) are cut from their offered monthly salary of Dh1200. “The company is forcing us to work more than 16 hours a day to meet the daily target of Dh250, which is too high to achieve. Our actual duty time is 11 hours per day with a weekly off-day,” said the petition…

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