Boat workers in Havana decided to stop working, as a form of protest against the new rates for passenger transportation imposed by the government on the private sector.
In the group of Facebook "BOTEROS IN HAVANA", user Misshel Fernández asked her colleagues what to do, and stated that for the new transportation prices to work, the country's entire economy must be regulated.
"Let's not tolerate them humiliating us any more, as they have always done. Let's all stop, we work with direct races, overall, sometimes we come out a little better and use less fuel," replied a father of the family.
Most of the responses to Misshel's call propose stopping service as a solution, at least for a time.
"A little week without transportation", "vacation for four months", "on vacation to rest and help the car, there is no other choice" and "summer vacation for me" were some of the comments.
"Stopping everyone is the solution, so that 100% of the population continues to travel on state transportation," another taxi driver mocked.
Several drivers expressed their intention to only transport people on trips previously arranged with the client.
"Stop like last time. There is always someone who pays for direct races," said one.
"They can't force us to work on the line! There is no other option, starting on the 9th, if they don't rent me, I won't go out!" said another.
On June 9, they come into force in Havana new rates for private passenger transportation, set by the government, which will be accompanied by confrontation and control actions so that the boatmen comply.
The authorities divided the 46 existing transportation routes into four groups, according to the price: routes of 45 pesos, 75, 100 and 170 pesos.
At the end of May, in a report on the official portal Cubadebate, a boatman pointed out that You have to buy a liter of gasoline for 500 pesos on the black market, because he cannot spend three days in a line at a gas station, and those 40 liters are not even enough for two days.
"And the box of chicken costs me 8,000 pesos, the pound of rice, 150; the pound of mango at 50, the bag of milk at 1,500 for a MSME. Imagine, I have to charge more, everything is a chain, I'm not going to starve or work for pleasure," he explained.
Another private transporter complained that in addition to taxes to the ONAT, he has to pay 20,000 pesos for a tire and almost 4,000 for a Castrol oil knob, not counting the prices of any part or the labor of a repair.
But Cubadebate He attacked them for raising prices, and accused them of using the high price of fuel or the long lines they have to wait at gas stations as excuses.
"The passenger, the worker who has been at the stop for three hours and urgently needs to get home, and others who need to go to the hospital for a medical appointment, for example, are not to blame for that situation. The law of the jungle and let whoever can save himself," the article stressed.
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