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TitlePSA: Apologies in advance for any disruption later on today in city centre.
AuthorTorran_Toi
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The Private Hire union, ADCU, and the black cab union (AGHU) are coming together today to protest the lack of support for the taxi/PH trade by doing a slow convoy in the city centre.

Apologies in advance for any disruption caused. The convoy route has been designed to try and minimise disruption. The vast majority of the route will be making use of bus/taxi gates and lanes. Only a couple of small sections will impact regular traffic, but some disruption will be unavoidable.

The route completely avoids the west/south west side of the city centre, the motorways and the expressway and also stays well clear of the Hydro so that disruption to the vaccination centre is kept to the absolute minimum.

It is also taking place for 1 hour only between 2pm and 3pm at a quiet point of quiet mid-week day. But, again, if you get held up for a short while, we apologise. We don't want to annoy the public. We just need GCC to notice us.

We have asked. We have demanded. We have campaigned... and we have begged. Our emails have been ignored. Our social media campaign has been ignored. We have tried to avoid this and have put it off for months and months, but we have reached the point where direct action like this is all we have left.

We have seen our colleagues go to the wall. We have seen our colleagues in tears. We have even had colleagues take their own lives. We are sorry to have to do this, but we have nothing left to do but stage a protest.

Hoping you can forgive and understand a little bit of disruption for an hour.

As a PSA the route starts at Springfield Quay, goes through Tradeston, over KGV bridge onto Oswald Street bus gate. Up hope Street then down West George. Through the Nelson Mandela Place bus gate to then go round the city chambers. Along Saint Vincent, down Union Street, along Argyle Street, Queen Street to then loop around George Square again.
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CreatedWed 9th Jun 2021 9:49am
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