Liepāja taxi drivers threaten strike - Bolt surcharge smaller than hockey ticket

Taxi associations have announced they can no longer tolerate fuel price obstacles and Bolt platform's stinginess. Drivers are demanding a fuel crisis surcharge that, according to calculations, would be smaller than an admission ticket to a hockey game at Liepāja ice hall.

While Riga taxi drivers only whisper about prices, Liepāja colleagues are already preparing a strike. One local driver explains: "We're no longer going to subsidize gas stations' excess profits from our own pockets. Bolt wants us to drive for free, but gasoline costs like gold."

The association demands the government and Competition Council immediately develop an action plan. Apparently they think the government can stop fuel traders' speculation as quickly as hockey players can change speed on ice.

Taxi drivers are asking the Bolt platform to introduce a fuel surcharge that would go entirely to the driver. Currently the situation is such that fuel prices are rising faster than a hockey puck's speed at Liepāja ice hall, but tariffs are falling like leaves dropped in November.

If demands aren't met, drivers plan to strike. Then Liepāja residents will have to remember what public transport looks like, but in Liepāja we already know - you can always walk or swim across Lake Liepāja.