Protest against the sponsorship of the "Bundespresseball" by "Uber"

Admin — 2024-04-12T06:43:13Z

Call to action

Berlin taxi drivers are protesting against the sponsorship of the "Bundespresseball" by "Uber". We see this as a dangerous influence on official "public opinion" by a company that constantly enables and conceals violations of the law by its business partners. "Uber" stands for a system that is enforced with a lot of money. It is based on illegal labour, dumping wages, tax evasion and the reduction of social security contributions.
Uber partner companies violate minimum wage and working time laws across the board.
By underreporting wages paid, companies and their employees obtain wage subsidies in the form of social benefits in the interests of the Uber group. This is how they finance dumping prices and the destruction of the taxi industry.
We will make our protest loud and colourful to make it heard by the politicians and media people.

Time

12.04.2024, set-up from 17:00, end of the rally 22:00

Content

Taxi is culture, something that is alien to the soulless Uber system controlled by greed and algorithms. We are Berlin, we are Berlin culture.

We have been part of Berlin for over 100 years

The historical coachman: The Iron Gustav (DE)
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hartmann_(Coachman)

Novel by Hans Fallada: The Iron Gustav (DE)
https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/fallada/eisgusta/eisgusta.html

Gustav Hartmann Support Association
https://gustav-hartmann.de/

We know Berlin and its people

The Berlin neighbourhoods (DE)
https://www.taxi-berlin.de/region-berlin/

We are the voices of Berlin (DE)
https://www.txsl.de/uli-hannemann-taxiglossar.html

Uber destroys lives, worldwide

Uberisation in Toronto (EN)
http://dx.doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.00031972

Uberisation in Mumbai (EN)
https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/view/796/1327/91885

Protecting Berlin's taxi culture means protecting Berliners

Uberisation is a process that displaces people from permanent employment in many sectors. Craftspersons and carers are affected by the price war on recruitment platforms. Short-term rental platforms are driving up rents. Letting portals have hundreds of people queuing for one of the few reasonably priced flats.
We are protesting on behalf of all those who want to shape their city of Berlin themselves, on a large and small scale, and do not want to leave it to the platform companies.

Announcement: Taxi performance, Friday, 22 March 2024

editors — 2024-03-21T10:48:37Z

Taxi performance, Friday, 22 March 2024, 6:30 pm, Berlin-Friedrichshain Mühlenstraße 15-19

Who decides which concepts and images characterise our Berlin? Which life do we want to lead, which reality should be ours?

On Friday, 22 March 2024 at 19:00, we will be questioning this at Mühlenstraße 15-19 in Friedrichshain (postcode 10243).

We, the Taxikultur team and active members of the taxi industry, are presenting a parody of marketing and name wars.

We denounce the fact that criminals are taking over urban space, first with impunity through exploitation and illegal dumping competition, and now through the explicit conquest of public space.

Until now, nobody could imagine that "Father State" would allow and support criminals in Germany to plunge tens of thousands into misery. Yet that is exactly what is happening. Every year, the state supports a system of illegal employment, wage dumping, social fraud and tax evasion organised by the Uber group with over one hundred million euros.

The whole thing is so absurd that we have decided to parody it with a short absurd theatre play. We invite you to join us for fun and games, action and dialogue.

You are cordially invited!
Friday from 18:30 onwards .

Stephan Berndt , Irene Jaxtheimer and Klaus Meier

TAXIKULTUR