The taxi sector in The Netherlands, which depends to 75% of its turnover on contract work in the social sector, is suffering a major crisis. Most of the country’s 40.000 taxi drivers work in this contract area, with only 6.000 working as owner-drivers in the streethail-sector mainly located in larger cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. In two years the trade’s turnover has dropped from € 2.3 billion in 2011 tot 2.1 billion last year.
Due to major cuts and a restructuring in the social care sector –with municipalities being given a larger responsibility in this area – many companies in the sector have had to lay off drivers and many are fighting bankruptcy. The crisis has even reached national …
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