Fighting Racism on Hull’s Taxi Ranks

By: Aneesa Akbar

Hull’s taxi drivers were experiencing a wave of racist abuse, abetted by local taxi firms. So they turned to the union.

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At the beginning of a night out with a few friends earlier this year, I was having the usual conversations you would have with your taxi driver. ‘Busy tonight mate?’ ‘When did you start?’ What I didn’t expect was the conversation to veer into the driver describing a racially motivated attack. But that’s what he […]

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At the beginning of a night out with a few friends earlier this year, I was having the usual conversations you would have with your taxi driver. ‘Busy tonight mate?’ ‘When did you start?’ What I didn’t expect was the conversation to veer into the driver describing a racially motivated attack. But that’s what he […]

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At the beginning of a night out with a few friends earlier this year, I was having the usual conversations you would have with your taxi driver. ‘Busy tonight mate?’ ‘When did you start?’ What I didn’t expect was the conversation to veer into the driver describing a racially motivated attack. But that’s what he […]

At the beginning of a night out with a few friends earlier this year, I was having the usual conversations you would have with your taxi driver. ‘Busy tonight mate?’ ‘When did you start?’ What I didn’t expect was the conversation to veer into the driver describing a racially motivated attack. But that’s what he […]

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