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Las Vegas taxi drivers reject contract, consider authorizing strike
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3 December 2012
12:39 p.m.
Union drivers for the Yellow, Checker and Star taxi companies have rejected a contract endorsed by the union’s bargaining committee and now will consider authorizing leaders to call a strike. Yellow-Checker-Star, the second-largest taxi company group in Southern Nevada, has been in talks with the Industrial Technical Professional Employees union since its contract expired at the end of October. Last month, it announced that a tentative agreement had been reached on a new contract, and officials expressed confidence the contract would be ratified by the rank and file. But in a vote that concluded Friday, union members overwhelmingly rejected the ...
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Don't worry about the USW they talk big but they back down. The dues mean more to them than a fair contract It's about money again.
Go on Strike and cut your own throat's
Maybe then we can get the monorail to go all the way to the airport.
It's about time the drivers stood up for themselves. They were blindsided by the Taxi Cab authority and Frias, as well as, Yellow and all the other companies last year with a 20 percent increase in cabs on the road. Which effectively reduced drivers monthly income 20 percent. Plus the huge hit the IRS took from the drivers on the Strip club spiffs which cost most drivers 35 percent of their income. Last year drivers income was down almost 50 percent from 2010.
You all are wondering why the Union members are down voting? I quit in 2011 because of this.
What is the Taxi Cab authorities answer. More cabs on the road! They are now in the breaking the Union job. A government agency? Drivers from all companies need to walk off united!
They should be asking for 8 hour work days, 30 percent fewer cabs on the road, and a full benefits package.
If you want quality drivers, you need to pay quality money. Not barely minimum wage. It is a dangerous job, it involves public transportation! We need the best people out there, not a bunch of people who are not making a living wage.