NYC, Philly cabbies go on strike
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The army of yellow cabs that trolls New York City's streets was somewhat smaller Wednesday as some drivers idled their cars to protest new global-positioning technology the city wants installed in all taxis.
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November 2, 2004 - In front of Bally&#39;s Atlantic City, a discarded &quot;On Strike&quot; sign was stuffed in a trash can. Absent from the famed Boardwalk were the conga lines of chanting and singing strikers.
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PARIS, Oct. 18 -- French public transportation workers staged a strike on Thursday, bringing most rail, bus and subway service across the country to a standstill and delivering a vivid warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose plans to reduce generous but costly public pensions face stiff...
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A second 24-hour postal strike is underway as part of a continuing row over pay and job security.
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nable to resolve a contract dispute over health insurance, thousands of janitors and doormen voted yesterday to authorize a strike beginning next Friday at 1,000 New York City office buildings.
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A lawsuit is filed on behalf of bummed-out New York customers.
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he contract dispute between Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the police and firefighters grew nastier yesterday as union members held a noisy 1 am protest outside his Upper East Side town house and the police union threatened to set up ...
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The die is cast. Baring any last minute change of mind, organised labour and civil society groups will today commence a nationwide strike to protest the lastest hike in the prices of petroleum products.
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As the two-day strike began, it was not clear how many of New York Cityâs 13,000 yellow cabs were unavailable.
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Postal workers are to stage another 24-hour strike as part of a continuing row over pay and jobs.
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NEW DELHi, AUGUST 21: Truckers went on a nation-wide strike from Saturday to protest against the imposition of the 10 per cent service tax in the Budget.
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New rules require New York City's yellow taxicabs to accept credit cards from passengers, but some drivers are balking, because of concern over credit-card processing fees and the prospect of smaller tips.
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PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Turnpike officials hired about 30 temporary workers to help staff toll booths and relieve managers working 12-hour shifts as a strike entered its fourth day Saturday.
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A Bangladeshi immigrant put himself in the driver's seat by  paying a record $360,000 at a city auction Monday for a New  York taxi medallion, which is required by the city to own a  taxicab. Most cabdrivers in the city work for taxi fleets or  lease time from a medallion owner.
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TORONTO, (Nov. 22, 2004) -- About 3,800 UPS Canada employees, represented by the Canadian Council of Teamsters, have gone on strike.
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At a busy Manhattan corner, a cabbie lays on the horn as he struggles through rush-hour traffic. A few blocks away, sirens blare as an ambulance races down the street. In the subway below, trains screech to a halt and an amateur dance troupe blasts hip-hop music on the platform.
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District businesses are bracing for a 24-hour taxi strike threatened on Halloween, a high-volume day for cabs, in what drivers say might be the first in a series of strikes to protest Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's recent decision to switch from zones to meters.