Taxi services have begun protesting in China this week. Drivers feel wages are too low and expenses are too high. Typically, a taxi driver rents his/her taxi from a company. The companies in China renting the taxis have raised fees on drivers, meaning they receive less income per month to cover their expenses. Drivers argue their 14 hour day of work is worth more than what they are making. China has low tolerance for labor unrest. How do you think China will respond to these protests? How do you think they should respond to these protests?
I wouldn't know how China would respond, but it's probably be a bad reaction that might be even worse for taxi drivers since China doesn't appreciate labor unrest. Its possible that the nation might not care at all about the opinions of the workers and would just enforce obedience from the protesting taxi services. I think that China should be willing to compromise on some aspects that the taxi drivers have to deal with, like maybe some kind of benefit/insurance thingy that might help offset some of the expenses.
I think they should just get a raise. There's a lot of people in china and I'm guessing a lot of those people use public transportation. I can understand if it's one taxi driver complaining but if they're protesting it's obviously affecting all of them.
Its hard to say what China will do. I don't believe much will be done, honestly. However, I hope that all the taxi drivers get a raise or something to help them out. Maybe the places they are renting cars from should drop their prices.
I think China should listen to the protest and try to compromise with the drivers, but knowing that China does not like it when their people protest and are so secretive we probably won't hear about what happens to the drivers.
Considering that the Chinese government does not like to deal with any form of labor unrest, I can agree with Amy when she says that they would most likely enforce obedience from any of the protesting taxi drivers. However, I do believe that the taxi drivers should either have their wages raised or expenses lowered.
i think that a 14 hour work day is a long time, especially if your work requires the amount of focus that driving requires. As a new driver, I have learned that driving takes a serious amount of focus. I agree with kami, if there is a protest it is most likely that the fees were raised too high.
I honestly don't know what China will do because the only information I have heard about them seems to be coming from biased sources. However, I would hope they take these demands seriously and try to help the taxi drivers get a fair wage. Or have the businesses lower the rates of taxi rentals.
China will probably just ignore and fire the protesters like they always do. Personally I'm a huge proponent of workers rights so I believe that China should improve working conditions for their workers.
