The Taxi Workers Alliance says that at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, September 5th its members will go on a 48-hour strike.
"No taxis would be operating on the roads,” said Taxi Workers Alliance Executive Director Bhairavi Desai. “We're asking drivers to keep their cars parked either on the streets or leave them at the garage.”
At issue is a new GPS system, a satellite-tracking technology the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission is requiring in all 13,000 of the city's yellow cabs. It's just one in a package of technology improvements that also includes a credit card reader and a video screen in every backseat.
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I'm not sure how these things work, but is the taxi and limo commission gonna force these units on you too?
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