due to increased gasoline prices, a taxi driver has to spend an extra 600 RMB per month, which means a great reduction of their income. taxi drivers have planned a massive strike to protest against the gasoline price increase in July, partly encouraged by their counterparts in hefei of anhui province.
license of a shanghai taxi driver, image taken from shanghaidiaries
the municipal government negotiated with taxi firms to work out a solution, the government subsidize 100 RMB, the taxi firms subsidize 200 RMB, and drivers pay the rest 300 RMB.
thanks to internet forums, taxi drivers could organize strike of this scale even without a labor union of their own, and thanks to internet forums again, the government could learn what is going to happen and take measures to prevent it.