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 city of Atlanta within 24 hours this weekend alone. Channel 2 has confirmed at least […]

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 […]