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Taxi squad
Nov 1, 2007 1:38 PM
UFT President Randi Weingarten joined a rally on Oct. 22 supporting members of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, who that day held their second one-day strike in less than two months. The alliance, which says it represents 10,000 cabdrivers, called the strike and rally outside its Manhattan headquarters to protest a city plan requiring taxicabs to install global positioning systems and credit- and debit-card readers. The group says the new equipment will mean a pay cut for drivers: 5 percent cost for credit-card transactions. right: Weingarten shouts encouragement to the taxi drivers. below: Ralliers make their voices heard.
