Date
25 November 2024

Tag

Active

Country
Sweden Sweden
Geographical scope
National
Type
  • Type

    Establishing alternative models (cooperatives)

    Voluntary
View Initiative

Description

The Taxi Union is a non-profit organisation which organises workers in the taxi and courier sectors, including those engaged in platform-based work. The organisation was founded by drivers and hauliers as a reaction to the challenges associated with their profession. The Taxi Union’s overarching aim is to improve working conditions in the industry.

The Taxi Union has its own taxi app, Fair taxi, which is 75 percent owned by drivers and riders. The app aims to offer its drivers better pay and working conditions than other taxi apps. Jobs through the app are only available to members of the Taxi Union.


Additional metadata

Keywords
platform cooperatives, social protection, representation, industrial relations, social dialogue, working conditions
Actors
Individual worker, Worker collectives (cooperatives), Employee organisation
Sector
Transportation and storage
Platforms
Fair taxi

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2024), The Taxi Union and Fair taxi (Initiative), Record number 4446, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/the-taxi-union-and-fair-taxi-110195.