City Room: Threatened Taxi Strike Looms
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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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The Canadian Union of Public Employees is preparing for a showdown with the Ontario Government. CUPE was quick to react after Health Minister George Smitherman said Ontario hospitals should look for savings in their janitorial and clerical services.
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Tube passengers using the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines are preparing for travel chaos after union leaders confirmed that a strike by maintenance workers will go ahead as planned on Monday.
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London commuters faced the threat of another strike on the capital&#39;s underground railway system after a union leader said that workers could take industrial action if a dispute was not fully resolved.
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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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The powerlessness of Beijing's estimated 65,000 taxi drivers goes to the heart of a complaint that has arisen repeatedly as China's economy moves toward free-market liberalism while its one-party government retains a monopoly on power.
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Luxury carmaker is threatening a legal challenge to London mayor Ken Livingstone's plans to demand a Â£25 congestion charge from drivers of high powered sports cars and 4x4s entering the capital
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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has decided that drivers will get a free ride Wednesday if toll collectors and other unionized employees go on strike.
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Union leaders are to hold talks with  airport operator BAA  on Monday in an attempt to avert  a series of strikes that could cause widespread travel chaos in  January.
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Some New York taxi drivers went on strike on Monday for a second time over a requirement for cabs to install tracking systems and credit card payment machines that they say is costly and will invade privacy.
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A controversial charge on cars that enter the centre of the the British capital is to be extended Monday to some of London's plushest districts -- threatening a new wave of anger.
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Mike Wallace is off the hook, but the two inspectors who had him arrested are on desk duty. New York&#39;s Taxi and Limousine Commission will not be pressing charges against Wallace.
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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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Once associated with Asia, pedal-driven rickshaws have sprung up in increasing numbers on London's streets over recent years, delighting many tourists but rousing anger in one powerful lobby group -- the city's famously opinionated taxi drivers.
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A FLEET of black cabs hit the streets today promoting the new Liverpool ECHO arena.   The taxis are part of a marketing campaign for the 10,600-seat Kings dock venue.   Thousands of cards declaring "There's a music revolution coming" have been circulating over the last month.
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A new report from the state comptroller urges the M.T.A. to hold off on raising tolls and fares until the fate of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal is clearer.
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Ambulance staff say they will hold a strike ballot if management do not agree to discuss their concerns.