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We also want the cab aggregators to increase wages and stop sacking drivers without prior intimation," said Nawas Ponnani , a cab driver. So, I took an auto," said Jefrin Thomas, an online cab user.Expressing support to the hunger strike by a cab driver Jackson Varghese, the drivers also staged a protest demonstration at Kakkanad on Thursday. KOCHI: A group of online cabbies, with trade union links, went offline from 7am to 7pm in the city on Thursday leaving commuters in the lurch. Many who tried to use the app were discouraged from taking a ride because of high surge in price due to the strike.The drivers went on strike demanding cab aggregators to stop charging exorbitant commission from them. "Usually, the cab fare to my workplace is about Rs 60..