New York&#39;s fabled yellow cabs screech to a stop for strike
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Thousands of New York&#39;s taxi drivers on Wednesday put on the brakes with a 48-hour strike just as the US Open tennis tournament moved toward a climax and the city&#39;s Fashion Week started up.
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A three-day shutdown brings the city's creaking transit system to its knees
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NEW YORK _ Tempers erupted across large swaths of Queens on Friday where 100,000 disgusted residents _ 10 times more than previously revealed _ remained without power for a fifth straight day as Con Edison fumbled toward a fix.
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She's a tough-talking, petite New Yorker who was fed up with her office job, so when Melissa Plaut was laid off she decided it was time for an adventure -- driving one of the city's famed yellow taxi cabs.
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A strike by India&#39;s biggest group of truck owners has moved into its third day, as a row over a new tax continues. About 60% of goods in India are carried by road, so the stoppage has led to fears of goods shortages that could fuel already-high inflation.
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Changes in the organization of the taxicab industry are behind some of the dissatisfaction voiced by drivers threatening to strike this week.
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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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Chairman of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union, Erkki Vuorenmaa (soc dem) pleaded the Finnish Transport Workers' Union (AKT) to end the strike which began Tuesday last week and now affects bus transport in eight ...
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Suddenly television screens are part of the Manhattan cab ride experience. Is anything worth watching? Stay tuned.
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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.
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A group of New York City taxi drivers launched a two-day strike early Wednesday over what the cabbies consider intrusive new technology.
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Union leaders and city officials differed over the effectiveness of a strike by New York City taxi drivers.
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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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With the All India Motor Transport Congress rejecting the government&#39;s last-minute bid for a negotiated settlement, truck owners have gone on an indefinite strike demanding the scrapping of service tax.
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ATHENS -- Taxi driver Manuel Pircolos is fuming. At a dead-stop in traffic, he chain-smokes, drums his fingers on the dashboard, and sums up life behind the wheel.
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Comedians in New York are threatening to strike if the city's comedy clubs do not give them a pay rise.
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Cabdrivers went on strike again today in New York, but the effect on the  daily commute appeared to be minimal.