Month: January 2012

2012 Meetings Times/Locations

2012 Meetings Times/Locations

2012 UTWSD Driver Meetings  (4th Monday of every month -additional meeting times and locations coming soon) Police Community Center, 5348 University Ave. Suite 110 Tuesday, January 24, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 21 Tuesday, March 19 2012 UTWSD Informational Session (Last Wednesday of every month) January. 31st February 28th 

Taxi protest to gridlock London

Taxi protest to gridlock London

Taxi protest to gridlock London on Wednesday London– “Central London will be gridlocked this Wednesday if a planned drive-in demonstration of thousands of taxi drivers goes ahead, says the taxi union, United Cabbies Group. Members of the UCG, which represents almost 2,000 licenced London taxi 

Fare Is Fare: Cab Drivers Cry Foul Over Special Privileges for Natural Gas Taxis at Love Field

Fare Is Fare: Cab Drivers Cry Foul Over Special Privileges for Natural Gas Taxis at Love Field

Fare Is Fare: Cab Drivers Cry Foul Over Special Privileges for Natural Gas Taxis at Love Field

Dallas — 

“Hundreds of drivers marched around the reflecting pool at 9 a.m. waving American flags, shouting for justice and repeating their threat, “No Taxi! No Super Bowl!” While the city’s touting the policy as a clean-air measure, letting natural gas-powered cabs jump the line at the airport gives preferential treatment to bigger operations that can afford new CNG-powered cars.” – from Dallas Observer

String Of Robberies Have Taxi Drivers Worried

String Of Robberies Have Taxi Drivers Worried

String Of Robberies Have Taxi Drivers Worried ATLANTA — “A string of taxi cab robberies in metro Atlanta has cabbies concerned and on high alert. The president of the Atlanta Taxi Cab Industry Association said Atlanta police told him eight cab drivers were robbed in the 

Taxi Driver Groups Taking Multiple Routes to Organize

Taxi Driver Groups Taking Multiple Routes to Organize

Philadelphia taxi drivers rally against the deportation of immigrant workers

Tiffany Ten Eyck    |  August 24, 2010

“Denied the right to organize under the National Labor Relations Act, they encounter the same fate as other workers labeled “independent contractors”—no collective bargaining, no job protection, low and variable pay, and little say over how their worklife is structured.

Now, organizing campaigns have materialized in nearly every metropolitan center, and even a few nooks and crannies. The best-known outfit is the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), which boasts 11,000 members in the cab-heavy city. But it’s far from alone. No matter what the laws say, taxi drivers are claiming their right to workplace safety, fair wages, and better work conditions.” — from Labor Notes