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Sept 8,
07
Note that the reactions by both Chicago and New York government officials -- and the official word put out by the main-stream media -- regarding the activities of their respective taxicab workers is strikingly the same. When 80%, perhaps 90% of the taxicabs normally on the streets of New York disappeared, Bloomberg went on TV and made statements that are directly contradictory to reality.
Up to
12,000 taxicabs were out of service in New York and
the mayor claims that there was little
or no impact on the City! In Chicago
on 7/31, when the taxicab workers demonstrated to
the City of Chicago that we were a force to be
reckoned with, when 80%, perhaps 90% of the taxicabs
normally on the streets of Chicago disappeared, it
was widely reported that there was
little or no impact on the City.
Certainly there is little or no impact on the
hearts of New York City officials when it comes to
issues of sharing power with the taxicab workers of
New York City. Certainly there was little or no
impact on the hearts of our city officials who said
"No" to our request for a surcharge or meter
increase to help cover the highest gas costs in the
USA and in history.
They
deny that there is any problem
because if they were to admit that there is a
problem, it would be an admission that they,
repeat, they are
mismanaging the affairs of the taxicab industry and
that they are responsible for the dissatisfaction,
the turmoil, the unrest and the almost total
shut-down of their respective taxicab industries. It
would be an admission by these government officials
that they are acting like
the power-hungry, money-grabbing, unscrupulous
employers from whom government is supposed to
protect us.
As a
result, we must now learn to break
our local governments' addiction to our
money and our power, just like one
would break the addiction of a crack addict.
Respectfully submitted by:
Wolfgang J. Weiss Member, Board of Managing Directors Chicago Professional Taxicab Drivers Association
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| Answer #1 to Aug 22 ,07 question is: This is very unfortunate, a life taken and one remains living in custody, however with 3 square meals a day for 7 years at the tax payers expense…is this justice ? …. Mr. Purcell is DEAD….. some will say “ Ah yes but if he had been safety educated , this tragic incident could have been prevented from happening”?????..... The best protection should be offered to cabbies > TAXI SHIELDS …… be proactive people!..... put up a BARRIER between the front and back seat of the cab…. Prevent cowardly acts like this …. Don’t be fooled to believe that driver education, Cameras, GPS (reactive systems) alone will stop physical premeditated attacks like this from happening…this 19 year old was out to do one thing…..we need to be proactive and be ready! | |
| Question Aug 22, 2007 is: Should the quiet 19-year-old with a dimpled smile that was sentenced as an adult to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years be fair? This youth then, took the life of the belated cabbie Kenneth James Purcell, who was brutal stabbed to death by him of all things, on Christmas morning in 2005. | |
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Answer Tues,
Aug 07, 2007:
In addition to the EXCELLENT suggestions made below
by a reader from San Francisco...You
should also go down to your local O.S.H.A. office,
give them the fact's about your " Job Requirements "
from Mom & Pop and get their position on your "
Status " ( I.C. or Employee ).
THEN ,,,, IF they FIRE YOU, you
can go back to OSHA & file a " 11 - C " Complaint..!
The co. will have to PAY YOU for every minute that U
were NOT on the job. Now...IF your local OSHA office
play's the " DUMB ROLE " have them to contact
Mr.Greg Barber @ O.S.H.A. in wash.D.C... his e-mail
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| Answer Tues,
Aug 07, 2007: See the short document at
http://www.taxi-library.org/de231tc.pdf
for an example of tests used to sort out whether a cab
driver is an employee or an independent contractor. My guess is that you would be called an employee based on the commission arrangement and the company paying for fuel. Cab companies usually try to avoid a direct linkage between the driver's income and the company's income. A commission or meter-split directly links the two. In the real world, your status is a non-issue unless someone has a reason to review it. Your current ambiguous or hybrid status could continue for decades without any disturbance. It's also possible that you may be regarded as an employee for one agency's purposes, and as an IC for other purposes. The tests used to determine status may differ depending on who is deciding: NLRB or IRS, a state unemployment office or a worker compensation appeal board, or perhaps a court. Question: do you want to be considered an employee or an independent contractor, and why? |
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Story Broke Tues, Aug 07, 2007: After being out of the industry for about 6 years this cabbie thought he might come back. This time he came back as a driver not a dispatcher. He answered a cab company ad in the paper for an established cab company that had just stated operating in a town close to his home. he went for the interview and it turned out to be a small mom and pop operation with 7 or 8 cars but he needed the money and they needed the drivers. he got the job before he walked out of the office. When he was hired he was told that he would get 45% of his bookings. he was told that he would get a "gross" check each week and that they used 1099's. He was given a set schedule and days off. The company routinely calls you in early or holds you over late to meet demand (Not a driver option). The company assigns him a vehicle and Nextel each day to use at no expense to the driver. The company covers all expenses including gas, repairs and highway toll for all our cabbies. The company provides 24 hour dispatch service to the drivers and has said that drivers can not establish their own customer base or accept calls on their cell phones directly from customers. All calls must go thru the dispatcher. The company does not compensate drivers for ghost calls, no shows or dispatcher errors. Drivers do not have the option of refusing calls even if it means the driver will have to work past his normal ending time. Now the real question - Is this cabbie an employee or an Independent Contractor? |
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