Philly Taxi Drivers Protest Use of GPS Tracking Plan

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8-20-2006 @ 7:57PM

Holly said...

Very few taxi drivers work for a company; most are independent contractors who own their own cabs and pay a lease to the company for use of the dispatch service.

The newbies use a company vehicle and as such are technically company employees. Those who stick with it end up buying their own vehicles and go to the independent contractor status.

At least it's that way here....I dunno about Philly. Maybe they are all company slaves and as such are overbooked and in that case, blame the corporate greed factor, not the driver who actually has EVERY reason to hustle and get in as many long-distance calls as he can.

Taxi drivers are like bike messengers; slackers don't survive long. Every call is money in their pockets. The problems start when corporations take charge and siphon off as much as they can into their own pockets, leaving the dregs to the drivers.

Then the drivers quit caring.

Money is a big motivator:-)

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