Taxi-Driver Union Urges Strike Over Technology International Traveler / Update: NEW YORK

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a union representing city cabbies, is urging drivers to strike for a second time, on Oct. 22, over a requirement to install new technology with credit-card readers and global-positioning systems.

Members of the union, which represents about one-quarter of yellow-cab drivers, held a two-day strike early last month and sued to stop the city’s Taxi & Limousine Commission from requiring installation of the systems. A federal judge last week rejected a request for a preliminary injunction.

The systems, which cost as much as $6,000, include credit-card readers and back-seat television monitors that show news, weather and sports information to passengers, along with a map of the cab’s location. Some drivers complain that the systems cost too much and can be used to track their movements.

Originally published by Bloomberg.

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