Une grève de taxis tourne à l’émeute à Yueyang 岳阳 avril 2009
岳阳暴防
China police act as strike becomes riot.
BEIJING (AFP) — Police in the central Chinese city of Yueyang have detained 11 people after a massive taxi strike developed into a riot with drivers beaten and cars smashed, state media said.
The strike began Friday, when the drivers, unhappy with the amount of money they must hand over to their companies, parked their cars in front of city hall and refused to move, Xinhua news agency reported.
The situation developed Saturday, as more drivers joined the strike, some being dragged out of their cabs and forced to participate, according to the agency.
Some taxi drivers who refused to go along were beaten up while their cars were smashed, Xinhua said.
The striking drivers were angry because they must pay up to 7,100 yuan (1,040 dollars) every month to their companies, it reported.
Observers have warned that the global crisis and the economic downturn in China could lead to more instances of unrest.
BEIJING (AFP) — Police in the central Chinese city of Yueyang have detained 11 people after a massive taxi strike developed into a riot with drivers beaten and cars smashed, state media said.
The strike began Friday, when the drivers, unhappy with the amount of money they must hand over to their companies, parked their cars in front of city hall and refused to move, Xinhua news agency reported.
The situation developed Saturday, as more drivers joined the strike, some being dragged out of their cabs and forced to participate, according to the agency.
Some taxi drivers who refused to go along were beaten up while their cars were smashed, Xinhua said.
The striking drivers were angry because they must pay up to 7,100 yuan (1,040 dollars) every month to their companies, it reported.
Observers have warned that the global crisis and the economic downturn in China could lead to more instances of unrest.
Chine: onze émeutiers arrêtés après une manifestation de taxis dans le Hunan
2009-04-12
CHANGSHA, 12 avril (Xinhua) — Onze émeutiers ont été arrêtés à la suite de débordements consécutifs à la grève d’un millier de chauffeurs de taxi de la ville de Yueyang dans la province centrale du Hunan, a déclaré samedi la police locale.
La grève a commencé vendredi, lorsque des douzaines de chauffeurs de taxi ont stationné leur voiture devant l’édifice du gouvernement municipal de Yueyang en réclamant la baisse de ce qu’ils doivent payer chaque mois à leurs compagnies.
Selon la police, d’autres chauffeurs ont rejoint la grève samedi.
Des débordements se sont produits quand certains ont voulu forcer les chauffeurs non-grévistes à rejoindre le mouvement. Des émeutiers ont détérioré des taxis et se sont attaqués aux chauffeurs.
La police a arrêté huit émeutiers vendredi et trois samedi.
La ville de Yueyang compte quelque 11 compagnies de taxi qui possèdent 1 600 taxis et emploient 3 000 chauffeurs. Selon l’accord conclu entre les compagnies et les chauffeurs, chaque chauffeur doit payer à la compagnie entre 6 400 et 7 100 yuans (941 à 1 044 dollars) par mois.
Le gouvernement municipal a mis sur pied une commission d’enquête afin de résoudre le problème, a indiqué le vice-maire de Yueyang, Han Jianguo.
Chinese police detain 11 in cab strike riots
12 Apr 2009,
BEIJING: Police in central China detained 11 people accused of rioting during a strike involving 1,000 cab drivers, state media reported.
Cab drivers in Yueyang, a city in Hunan province, went on strike to demand a reduction in monthly fees paid to their cab companies, the official Xinhua News Agency said late Saturday.
Xinhua said dozens of drivers started parking their cabs Friday in front of the city’s government building. Rioting started when some of the drivers smashed cabs and hit other drivers who did not join the strike, Xinhua said.
Police had detained 11 people by Saturday, the report said. Each cab driver pays monthly fees to taxi companies that operate in the city, ranging from 6,400 yuan to 7,100 yuan ($940 to $1,040) a month, Xinhua said.
The report cited Han Jianguo, the city’s vice mayor, as saying the municipal government has set up a team to study the problem.
Calls to the press office of the Yueyang city government and the propaganda department of the city’s public security bureau rang unanswered Sunday.
Last year, mass strikes by taxi drivers partially shut down nearly a half dozen cities across the country, including the mega-city of Chongqing and the southern island resort of Sanya.
Chinese authorities are particularly worried this year about the possibility of mass unrest given the impact of the global financial downturn on the country’s economy.
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