Gotham City's 40,000 cab drivers are making good on their threat to strike if the city moves forward with its plans to install GPS tracking systems in 13,000 taxis. As of 5 a.m. this morning, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance has officially launched a 48-hour strike against the TLC (Taxi & Limousine Commission).
It remains to be seen how severe the impact will be, but the TWA is reporting that less than 10% of taxis have shown up for work today. According to the executive director of the TWA, "if you can't see the difference than either you're blind or you're a tourist." Nice.
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same thing happened with several bus drivers' unions around the USA. they always use the big brother premise to protest the gps or avl sytems. actually most of the systems I have had experience with have actually improved productivity, driver safety, overall lost time on route which in the end benifits the drivers' in a more stable job. unions will try and squeeze every last drop from the company no matter what the situation.
GPS really is changing the world. I remember pulling top secret codes for P code resolution on the submarine. now there is no encryption at all. how time flys by so fast...
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