Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Taxi Strike Maybe Coming To Vegas

From the Las Vegas Sun: Union taxi drivers in a contract dispute with the Frias Transportation Management group have overwhelmingly rejected a labor agreement and authorized union leaders to strike.
A representative of the United Steelworkers Local 711-A said in a contract vote Tuesday that 99.5 percent of nearly 1,800 Frias drivers rejected the contract, citing a dispute over proposed changes in seniority policy.
Representatives of Frias could not be reached for comment, but a spokeswoman for the union said a negotiating committee of union and management representatives would meet next Tuesday to consider any new proposals.
Frias is the largest taxicab operator in Southern Nevada, owning the ANLV, Virgin Valley, ABC Union, Vegas Western and ACE Cab companies. The Steelworkers also have union contracts with the Whittlesea Bell group, which includes the Whittlesea Blue and Henderson Taxi companies, and is in the process of negotiating their first contract with Western Cab Co. The union represents about 3,000 transit drivers in Southern Nevada.
Union staff representative Julie Holzer said the contract vote only affects the five Frias companies and that she doesn't expect other union drivers to join the actionhttp://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/oct/17/taxi-drivers-reject-labor-agreement-authorize-stri/
Hey, let them go on strike and that just means the drivers of the other companies will make more money while the strikers will get virtually nothing.
I don't see this happening, just for this reason because taxi drivers don't make that much to begin with and if they go on strike, they won't get any money.

1 comment:

  1. I would be very suprised if the frias drivers go out on strike...it was my experience with the cab unions in Vegas is that they will do anything to avoid a strike...they have always been thought by most drivers to be corrupt...aka in the owners pocket.

    What I see is a bit of wrangling and then then Frias will make some kind of small concession...the Union will declare victory and pressure the drivers to go back to work and they will and working conditions will continue to go down hill as they have for the last 20 yrs. at least.

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