Chilimwe chino, bungwe la scrappy union loyimira madalaivala 21,000 a taxi ndi a ganyu ku New York City adapambana zigonjetso ziwiri motsutsana ndi kampani yofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ngati Uber akufunafuna ndewu, idapeza imodzi mu Taxi Workers Alliance. Boma la Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board lidaweruza motsutsana ndi Uber mu Julayi, ponena kuti madalaivala ake ndi antchito omwe ali oyenera kulandira inshuwaransi ya ulova. Kusokoneza madalaivala ngati makontrakitala odziyimira pawokha kwalola Uber ndi Lyft kuzemba misonkho yamalipiro a madalaivala mazana masauzande m'dziko lonselo ndikubera madalaivala anthawi yayitali komanso chitetezo chocheperako - osatchulanso za ufulu wopanga mgwirizano.
Chigamulo cha kusowa kwa ntchito chili ndi tanthauzo lapadera chifukwa mu mzindawu muli magalimoto ochuluka otengera mapulogalamu - chiwerengerochi chidakwera kuchoka pa 25,000 mu 2015 mpaka 80,000 mu 2018, pafupifupi magalimoto enanso 1,700 amawonjezedwa mwezi uliwonse. Madalaivala a Uber tsopano atha kufuna ulova pomwe palibe okwera okwanira kuti ayende, ndipo boma likukonzekera kufufuza Uber kuti lidziwe kuchuluka kwa ngongole yomwe ili ku thumba la ulova.
Patatha milungu ingapo, Ogwira ntchito pa Taxi ndi ogwirizana nawo adapambana malamulo opangitsa New York kukhala mzinda woyamba kulamula kuti pakhale magalimoto otengera mapulogalamu, obwereketsa, komanso woyamba kulamula kuti oyendetsa Uber ndi Lyft alandire malipiro ochepa.
Kapu yachaka chimodzi igunda batani loyimitsa powonjezera madalaivala ena pomwe Komiti ya Taxi ndi Limousine yakumzindawu ikuwerengera kuchuluka kwa magalimoto pamsewu komanso kuchuluka kwa magalimoto pamsewu, moyo wa madalaivala, komanso kupezeka kwa taxi m'malo osiyanasiyana amzindawu. . Chaka chatha, TLC ikhoza kutsatira malamulo ena.
Khonsolo yamzindawu yalamula kuti madalaivala a Uber ndi Lyft azilandira ndalama zosachepera $17.22 pa ola โ kontrakitala wodziyimira pawokha wofanana ndi $15 pa ola, pambuyo pamisonkho ndi zowononga. Momwe izi zimakwaniritsidwira zidzasinthidwa mu TLC rulemaking. TLC ilinso ndi chilolezo chowongolera mitengo yocheperako, yomwe ingathe kuyitanitsa makampani opanga mapulogalamu kuti asawononge mitengo kuti achepetse ma taxi.
Magalimoto okhala ndi njinga za olumala saloledwa kulowa, chifukwa magalimoto obwereketsa osakwana 1 peresenti ku New York City ndi omwe amatha kuyenda panjinga ya olumala. Bungwe la Taxi Workers Alliance linagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Taxis for All, mgwirizano wa magulu omenyera ufulu wa olumala.
"Anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito adati, 'Simungathe kulinganiza ogwira ntchitowa ndipo simungathe kubwezera makampaniwa," atero Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Taxi Workers Bhairavi Desai. "Koma ife tiri pano, gulu la anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana, gulu lotsogozedwa ndi antchito, ndipo tidawagonjetsa chifukwa sitinataye mtima."
Bungwe la Independent Drivers Guild lothandizidwa ndi abwana, lomwe linapangidwa mu mgwirizano wachinsinsi pakati pa Uber ndi bungwe la Machinists, linanenanso kuti lipambana-ngakhale poyamba linkatsutsana ndi kapu.
NGONGOLE ZA PAMVUZI
Mizinda ikuluikulu yambiri imapereka ma medali a taxi, omwe amalola magalimoto kuti akwere anthu. Pochepetsa kuchuluka kwa ma taxi pamsewu, mizinda imatha kuchepetsa kuchulukana ndikuwonjezera ndalama zamzindawu pogulitsa ma medali.
Kenako Uber ndi Lyft. Pamene kuchuluka kwa magalimoto opangidwa ndi mapulogalamu kunakwera kwambiri, mtengo wa medali udatsika. Zomwezo zachitikanso ku San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, ndi Boston.
"Anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi eni ake amabwereka ndalama kuti agule medali," adatero Sonam Sherpa, yemwe wayendetsa taxi ku New York kwa zaka 20. โZaka zinayi kapena zisanu zapitazo mamendulo anali ofunika $1 miliyoni. Masiku ano ndi ofunika $200,000. Izi zikukuwonetsani momwe Uber yakhudzira ma taxi. "
Pakati pa oyendetsa taxi ku New York omwe ali ndi mamendulo awo, 80 peresenti ali pansi pa madziโkutanthauza kuti mamendulo awo ndi ofunika pangโono chabe pa ngongole imene ali nayo.
M'modzi mwa omwe anali eni ake anali Kenny Chow, yemwe anali panjira kwa zaka khumi. Chow adapeza kuti akukakamira kubweza ngongole yomwe idaposa kuwirikiza kawiri zomwe medali yake inali yofunika. Panthawiyi iye anali kupeza ndalama zochepa, chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa madalaivala otengera mapulogalamu.
Mchimwene wake wa Kenny, dzina lake Richard Chow, anati: โAnkangopeza ndalama zochepa ndipo kenako ankasowa zopita nazo kunyumba.
M'mwezi wa Meyi, adadzipha yekha - m'modzi mwa anthu asanu ndi mmodzi omwe adadzipha ndi madalaivala a taxi mu theka loyamba la chaka chino.
Msika Wochulukitsitsa
Ambiri mwa oyendetsa taxi achikasu alibe ma medallion, koma amagwira ntchito pagulu lankhondo, komwe amabwereketsa ma medali kwa tsiku limodzi kapena sabata imodzi.
Madalaivala a Fleet amafanana kwambiri ndi madalaivala a pulogalamu. Nawonso nthawi zambiri amatengedwa ngati makontrakitala odziyimira pawokha, motero amayenera kulipira ndalama, inshuwaransi yazaumoyo, ndi misonkho kuchokera pazomwe amapeza. Ngati satenga ndalama zokwanira, atha kuthera maola 12 ndi ndalama zochepa kuposa momwe adayambira.
Madalaivala amitundu yonse akuvutika ndi kuchulukirachulukira kwa msika, osatchulanso kuchuluka kwa magalimoto komwe kukukulirakulira.
Mabizinesi a mapulogalamuwa amadalira madalaivala kuti ayankhe mwachangu zomwe makasitomala amafuna. Zimenezi zimafuna kuti madalaivala ambiri aziyenda mozungulira kudikirira ulendo. Malinga ndi lipoti lochokera ku New School, madalaivala a Uber ndi Lyft amawononga 40 mpaka 50 peresenti ya nthawi yawo popanda wokwera.
Uber ali ndi mbiri yakusintha mitengo yamitengo kuti achepetse ma taxi kapena kupha mwachangu. โNgati kuli nyengo yabwino amatsitsa mtengo,โ anatero Sherpa, โndipo nyengo yoipa amaikweza. Mosiyana ndi ma taxi, palibe mtengo wokhazikika. โ
"Ambiri mwa madalaivala a Uber, Lyft, komanso oyendetsa magalimoto obwereketsa amakhala ochokera kumayiko ena, ndipo magawo awiri pa atatu aliwonse amayendetsa galimoto nthawi zonse, koma 85 peresenti sapeza ndalama," adatero New York City Councilmember. Brad Lander mu khoti. "Maperesenti makumi anayi mwa iwo ali ndi ndalama zochepa kuti athe kulandira Medicaid.
"Kukula kwa 500 peresenti kwa magalimoto ndiko kwapangitsa kuti izi zichitike."
CLASHING CAMPAIGNS
Uber ndi imodzi mwamakampani omwe ali olemekezeka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, omwe ali ndi ndalama zokwana madola 72 biliyoni koyambirira kwa chaka chino, ndipo akukonzekera zopereka zoyamba zapagulu mu 2019. Koma kuwerengera kwake kudzadalira momwe kampaniyo ikuyendera poyang'aniridwa ndi malamulo. Pali chifukwa chake Uber amalemba ntchito olimbikitsa anthu ambiri kuposa Walmart.
Ngati Uber sanasankhe molakwika madalaivala, lipoti la New School lidapeza, lingakhale olemba anzawo ntchito ambiri ku New York City, womwe ndi msika wake waukulu kwambiri ku US.
Pamene ntchito ya Taxi Workers inakula kwambiri, kampaniyo inachita chiwembucho, ndipo inawononga mamiliyoni ambiri paulendo wogwirizana ndi anthu ponena kuti chipewa cha magalimoto chingapangitse kuti ntchitoyi ikhale yodalirika komanso yokwera mtengo.
Pawailesi yakanema, pazotsatsa pawailesi, komanso pamisonkhano yokonzedwa ndi kampani, olankhulira Uber kuphatikiza mlembi wakale wa a Bernie Sanders a Symone Sanders ndi Reverend Al Sharpton adayamika pulogalamuyi ngati yankho la oyendetsa taxi kukana anthu akuda.
Koma a Taxi Workers adachita kampeni yoyipa m'misewu. Mgwirizanowu udakonza zochitika 30 m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yotsogolera mavoti a City Council.
Iwo adatolera mapositikhadi 4,000 omwe akufuna kuti meya athetse vuto lomwe madalaivala akukumana nalo. Ankachita milonda yolemekeza oyendetsa galimoto amene anadzipha. Iwo anasonkhana kunja kwa holo ya mzindawo.
Mgwirizanowu ukuvomereza kuti pali zambiri zomwe zikufunika kuchitidwa kuti athetse kukana chifukwa cha mafuko. Idathandiziranso kukhazikitsidwa kwa "ofesi yophatikizira" mu TLC, yomwe idzafuna kuti oyendetsa taxi azipita ku maphunziro a tsankho ndikupereka zida zambiri zofufuzira zonena za okwera. Madalaivala a taxi omwe apezeka kuti adakana kukwera chifukwa cha mtundu atha kulipitsidwa chindapusa ndikuimitsidwa ziphaso zawo.
Mundondomeko ya mfundo zisanu ndi zinayi yothetsa kukana chifukwa cha mitundu, ogwira ntchito mโma taxi anena kuti njira yotsitsira ziphaso za TLC ikuyenera kuphunzitsidwa za chilungamo cha mitundu yomwe ikuwonetsa udindo wa mabungwe a mayendedwe pomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. Aperekanso mapulogalamu olimbikitsa omwe madalaivala angagwiritse ntchito kuti apeze anthu okwera m'malo osatetezedwa a mzindawu, kunja kwa Manhattan.
Mgwirizanowu ukuimba mlandu Uber chifukwa chosokoneza anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana. Oposa 90 peresenti ya oyendetsa taxi komanso oyendetsa Uber ndi ochokera kunja. Ambiri amachokera ku Dominican Republic, Haiti, Pakistan, India, ndi Bangladesh.
"Ngakhale Uber kapena makampani a yellow cab omwe atha kuwonetsa kuti mutha kupereka chithandizo chabwino kwa anthu, kudzaza zipululu zamayendedwe, ndikusunga malo abwino ogwirira ntchito kwa madalaivala," adatero Desai. "Palibe mtundu womwe wachitapo kanthu, koma ndi zomwe bungwe lathu likufuna."
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