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Striking taxi workers clash with police in Madrid

(23 Jan 2019) Spanish riot police have briefly clashed with taxi drivers who were blocking a highway that circles the capital, Madrid. The taxi drivers were demanding more regulations for app-based ride-hailing services. Some of the drivers were wearing the yellow traffic safety vests used by protesters in neighbouring France. The drivers say they will continue their open-end strike until regional authorities in Madrid agree to a solution like the one offered Tuesday in Spain's second largest city, Barcelona. Under the pressure of a week-long strike there, the Catalan regional government wants to force users of apps like Uber and Cabify to contract rides one hour in advance. Madrid's conservative regional chief, Angel Garrido, has refused to take the same step, saying that Barcelona and Catalonia are "heading to the Middle Ages" with such a solution. Cab drivers' unions in Barcelona also blocked major thoroughfares on Wednesday while discussing whether to accept the terms offered, while the web-based companies are threatening to cease operations in the northeastern city. Unauto VTC, the association representing drivers working mostly for Uber and Cabify, said 3,000 jobs are at stake in Barcelona. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...