Taxi Solidarity Holds Rally at Kakao Headquarters... "Stop Unfair Dispatching and Lower Brokerage Fees"

The Taxi Solidarity, composed of individual taxi drivers and corporate taxi workers, held a rally urging Kakao Mobility to stop unfair dispatching and reduce brokerage fees.

On the 25th, Taxi Solidarity held a rally in front of Kakao Pangyo Ajit (headquarters) in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, stating, "Less than a year after Kakao Mobility entered the taxi market, our concerns have become a reality," and added, "At first, they distributed calls for free to easily secure a dominant monopoly position, but once they deemed the platform network complete, they switched to a paid model, marking the start of monopolistic tyranny."

They continued, "The claim that calls are prioritized to passengers and the nearest vehicles has now been exposed as a fraud," emphasizing, "With the addition of fees from regional subcontractors known as regional platform operators, Kakao is effectively collecting separate taxi fares from passengers under the name of call fees."

Taxi Solidarity also stated, "As social criticism intensified, Kakao Mobility secretly colluded with taxi-related organization leaders to draft a superficial win-win agreement and is preparing to launch Nemo Taxi, which only changes the corporate establishment and brand name," adding, "Changing the brand does not alter the platform's monopolistic and abusive practices."

They urged the change of the unfair dispatch algorithm to prioritize passengers and the nearest vehicles, the abolition of subcontracted regional operators, and the unification of the monthly flat-rate fee into a Pro Membership system. They also demanded payment of call fees and call cancellation fees. Taxi Solidarity plans to continue rallies at the Seoul Southern District Court and other locations following the Kakao Pangyo Ajit rally.

Meanwhile, the Fair Trade Commission found that Kakao Mobility manipulated the dispatch algorithm to concentrate calls only to company-affiliated taxis and imposed corrective orders and a fine of 27.12 billion KRW. Kakao Mobility is currently appealing the Fair Trade Commission's decision through administrative litigation. Kakao Mobility is pursuing related business by obtaining approval for a new franchise taxi brand with a reduced commission rate of 2.8% and is also working on revising the dispatch algorithm.

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