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  • neera_tanden [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I run the domestic war room. I killed this sick story. Don’t need it spreading. Sad to see NYC take this L

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    3 years ago

    Also possible in part because multiple recently elected (dsa) state senators participated in the hunger strike. RadicL lecteds might not make a huge difference in legislation, but with the right messaging they can bully pulpit for things like this.

  • s0ciety [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This absolutely rules. The situation those drivers have been in was absolutely fucked up

    • bananon [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Taxi drivers need a license called a medallion to legally be a taxi. There are a finite amount of medallions available, so they’re very expensive. Taxi drivers will take out huge loans to get the medallion. When they retire, they sell the medallion which hopefully increased in price. So it’s a license that’s also a stock.

        • bananon [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          What’s really bad is that Uber tanked the value of the medallions, because now anyone can be a taxi driver and get paid worse. This is why taxi drivers hate Uber so much. They didn’t just take their business, they made their hundreds of thousands in investments basically worthless.

  • LilComrade [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    It’s in the NYT now btw: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyregion/nyc-taxi-drivers-hunger-strike.html

    But your point stands because this is the first I’ve ever heard of it.

  • Virgil_Is_Dead [any]
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    3 years ago

    I've heard about taxi medallions, but never understood what they were. Can I trouble you for a quick run down?

    • bananon [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Taxi drivers need a license called a medallion to legally be a taxi. There are a finite amount of medallions available, so they’re very expensive. Taxi drivers will take out huge loans to get the medallion. When they retire, they sell the medallion which hopefully increased in price. So it’s a license that’s also a stock.

  • StalinistApologist [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Hunter strike... Like not eating 15 days? How many of them did this? Don't most hunter strikers usually cheat and eat in secret? I think we are not taking enough about the hunter strike aspect, could someone clarify?