Labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) on Sunday urged the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to withdraw its decision to reduce the number of riders from Angkas to 10,000 from 27,000 by the start of the 2020.
More than 10,000 of bikers belonging to the motorcycle taxi ride hailing service Angkas converged at the Edsa Shrine in Quezon City early morning of Sunday yesterday to express their opposition to the recent announcement by the LTRFB Technical Working Group of a membership limit of 10,000 riders per ride hailing service which will force Angkas to lay-off 17,000 riders.
“Fostering competition in the motorcycle taxi sector is good but it should not lead to massive dislocation of riders. These Angkas riders have already went through months of training and practical experience in plying motorcycle taxis. Only for them to end up jobless due to a LTFRB decision,” he said in a statement.
“While companies like Angkas and Grab treat their drivers as independent contractors, we believe this is a misclassification as they should be categorized as employees with concomitant rights,” said Fortaleza.
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