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Jump to full article: Yomiuri Shimbun., 2008-04-30
Author: Junpei Monma / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Intro: Two Tokyo-based taxi associations comprising owner-drivers have stopped forwarding dispatch calls from customers to 83 of their member drivers, claiming that the cabbies have failed to observe the associations' policy to ban smoking in member vehicles and raise fares.
"That constitutes interference with my business," said one of the owner-drivers in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. The driver will face a marked cut in income due to the sanctions imposed by his association.
The Fair Trade Commission warned taxi associations this month that such sanctions could be deemed unfair. But one of the associations says it plans to persevere with the policy.
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