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Taxi dispatch company Coventry Connections said Saturday it is still waiting for a response from the taxi drivers’ union on an “innovative” contact proposal presented during negotiations Thursday night before Friday’s protest and attack on the Coventry dispatch centre.

“Coventry Connections presented an innovative proposal, which includes a reduction in dispatch fees, on Thursday night and the initial reaction from the union was positive,” company president Hanif Patni is quoted as saying in a release issued Saturday.

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“However there has been no formal response to the proposal as of yet.”

Abed Madi, president of the airport drivers unit in the taxi union, said Saturday that he had seen no new offer from Coventry.

“Officially or unofficially, I have seen nothing official from the company. There is nothing to respond to,” Madi said. Madi said he was not at the Thursday night discussions with the company, but the union business agent who attended made no mention of a new offer.