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 […]

Taxi Drivers Threaten Strike Action  December 22, 2011 “TAXI drivers are threatening to strike after the holidays if they do not get a meeting with the communications minister to provide concrete ways of improving their working conditions.” — from The Cyprus Mail 

We Are Union. Monday October 24, 2011 Watch President Obama’s Congratulate NTWA here.  National Taxi Workers Alliance Becomes 57th National Union of AFL-CIO. “On October 20th, 2011 we became the 57th union of the AFL-CIO.  We are the first non-traditional workforce (non-employees) to be granted membership in over 60 years, and the first one in the history of independent contractors.  […]