Category Archives: Labor/Jobs

The Taxi Link: National Harbor fight heats up; DC taxi chair apologizes for disparaging two drivers

The Taxi Link airs Sat. 7-8 pm on WUST 1120 AM. Listen here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 Just over the District line, Prince George’s County taxi drivers are stepping up their fight to continue servicing guests … Continue reading

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The Taxi Link: AFL-CIO looks to organize DC drivers; credit card mandate passes; Philly driver killed; Jon Liss on NoVa’s taxi struggles

The Taxi Link airs Sat. 7-8 pm on WUST 1120 AM. Listen here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 The National Taxi Workers Alliance, which became the 57th national union of the AFL-CIO less than two years ago, … Continue reading

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Uber right-wing

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 Testifying last week before the D.C. Council, 35-year-old Uber CEO Travis Kalanick routinely interrupted councilmembers and espoused a right-wing ideology. Uber is not so much a luxury sedan service as a … Continue reading

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Uber showdown Monday at the Council

Listen to Sept. 22 edition of The Taxi Link on WUST 1120 AM [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “Uber is having it both ways: they’re operating as a taxi, they’re operating as a limousine service, and … Continue reading

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Taken for a ride: press coverage of D.C.’s taxi industry is unfair to public and drivers

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to Sept. 15 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “You have one media person interviewing another media person who shares the same biased opinion.” – Tony … Continue reading

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Is classism behind D.C.’s push to regulate taxis, not Uber?

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Sept. 8 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “Uber is a classic example of… class economic warfare,” said Tony Norman, a D.C. ANC commissioner … Continue reading

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VeriFone contract suspended

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Sept. 1 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “The District is hereby ordered to… suspend any further contract work,” Judge Monica Parchment of the … Continue reading

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Questionable Firings at Howard University’s WHUT-TV

Listen to three of the “Howard Four” here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 (The Urban Revival cross-posted the piece and Union City linked to it.) “The behavior of the television station under this administration, this is … Continue reading

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School’s Out? D.C. and NYC Teachers Talk School Closures

Listen to educators Candi Peterson, Nils DeVito and James Boutin on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Interview by Pete Tucker, written report by Chris Lewis (@Chris_Lewis_) Washingtonians and New Yorkers, be warned. If the … Continue reading

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May Day: Past and Present

Listen to labor professor Bill Barry and organizer Tai Smith on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “When people who are religious get in tough situations they go read the Bible. I go read labor … Continue reading

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