Justice for Taxi Drivers!

Drivers Stage 'Sick Day' Protest

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:18:52 +0000

Editorial: Metro should intervene for cabbies

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:08:37 +0000

They are an unheralded part of our county’s transportation infrastructure. In some cases, they can be the first impression Nashville leaves with new visitors.

In any modern American city, the taxi cab force on the street matters. Nashville’s cabbies are, unfortunately, about to go on strike. They are also searching the country to see if a national union might want to begin around the disaffected drivers.

Allied Cab drivers organize to fight, join union

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:50:01 +0000

Abdinasir Ismail was a week removed from losing his job when he walked to the front of the meeting room inside the IBEW-AFL-CIO union hall on Elm Hill Pike this week.

He was standing in front of about 130 taxi drivers from Allied Cab and Nashville Cab, his employer. The drivers represented more than a dozen countries, many of them have sought refuge in Nashville from war-torn, poverty-ridden nations such as Somalia or Ethiopia.

Allied Cab drivers go on ‘strike’

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:24:25 +0000

About 130 Allied Cab and Nashville Cab taxi drivers voted to effectively go on strike Monday in the latest development in a labor dispute that’s been boiling to the surface for months.

The drivers have long complained about the $175 weekly fee charged them by Allied Cab. Drivers operate as private contractors and are responsible for their own expenses, including fuel, insurance and upkeep.

Allied Cab drivers strike to protest fees, gas prices

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:20:46 +0000

Most of the drivers for Nashville's largest taxi company, Allied Cab, went on strike Monday, protesting the high costs of doing business with the operator, some of the drivers said.

After an early-morning meeting, a group of about 140 drove in a caravan to Allied's offices, where they turned over their Blackberry phones, which were issued by the taxi company to the drivers so they could be dispatched to pick up customers, Allied driver Gabriel Djamson said.

Allied Cab drivers put on the brakes

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:12:07 +0000

More than 100 taxis are off the streets in Middle Tennessee Monday after drivers turned in their Blackberries and roof-top signs.

Claiming they do not make enough, at around $2 an hour, the drivers are making a stand against the Allied Cab Company.

Nashville Cab Drivers Demand Better Pay

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:26:00 +0000

Drivers Ask Mayor To Hold Public Hearings

Nashville's cab drivers have threatened to strike and on Wednesday they took their fight to the mayor.

Nashville Cab Drivers Threaten To Strike

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:19:00 +0000

Nashville cab drivers said they have had enough, and they said they would strike for a day to make sure their demands were met.

Facing long odds, cabbies fight for better pay, working conditions

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:07:29 +0000

With a rosary dangling from his rearview mirror and a "Jesus is Lord" frame around his license plate, Edourd Essoumon drives his Checker cab 12 to 16 hours a day trying to earn a living to support himself, his wife and 3-year-old daughter, not to mention his family back in Africa.

"As a Christian," he says, "I can’t close my eyes on the suffering of others.

Taxi driver who lost arm in accident looking for answers

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:32:56 +0000

Since arriving in Nashville 18 years ago, Mohammed Hersi, a Somalian refugee, has never had more than a few days off at a time.

Now, time-off is all Hersi has.