Taxi Drivers Call for Dignified Income
New York, NY – Hundreds of New York Taxi Workers Alliance members – Uber, Lyft, yellow cab, and green cab drivers – rallied on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 on the
New York, NY – Hundreds of New York Taxi Workers Alliance members – Uber, Lyft, yellow cab, and green cab drivers – rallied on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 on the
New York, NY – At 4:03 in the afternoon on Nov. 3, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance [NYTWA] posted a brief but exultant message on Twitter. “BREAKING NEWS: 2 words:
New York, N.Y. – Four former Uber and Lyft drivers and the New York Taxi Workers Alliance filed a lawsuit May 25 against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Department
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 1,350 people have signed a petition demanding that Uber “stop lying” to drivers and start giving the state Department of Labor the pay information necessary for
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A veteran cabbie might say, “there’s no money out there.” With millions of city residents staying in and tourists’ travel curtailed by the coronavirus epidemic, taxi drivers’ incomes
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Much attention has been paid to the way the arrival of app-based taxi services has battered the yellow-cab business. Much less has been paid to the plight of
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Representative Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) introduced a bill January 16, to exempt debt relief for taxi drivers from federal taxes. The measure, cosponsored by all of the city’s House
TRENTON, N.J.—The New Jersey Department of Labor has assessed Uber for almost $650 million for failing to pay unemployment and disability taxes for its drivers. The department charged that Uber
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Should New York follow California and enact legislation limiting when employers can hire workers as “independent contractors”? The answer is “very simple,” New York State AFL-CIO President Mario
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The California Legislature has approved a landmark measure that would prohibit hiring workers as “independent contractors” unless their employers can prove they are legitimately independent businesspeople. Assembly Bill 5,