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Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City

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Description for Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBTB; JFS; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.

"Mathew, as a member of the Organizing Committee of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, has a unique perspective on the plight of immigrant taxi drivers.... Mathew explores the history of New York's taxicab industry, which has been in a cycle of corruption and reform since the Depression. The book culminates in an essay on globalization, immigration, racism, and the false veneer of multiculturalism in neoliberal society."—Booklist

"Mathew describes the grim economics of driving the ubiquitous yellow cabs—a job where most of the money goes to the cab company owners and where even minor problems, such as a few tickets ... Read more

"Jump aboard this fast-paced ride through the ins and outs of the taxi industry in New York City and sit up front with the 40,000 cabbies who are overworked, underpaid, and routinely harassed, but have come together to improve their lot.... Fasten your seatbelt, grip the dashboard, and enjoy the trip."—Morning Star (U.K.)

"Drivers' narratives in Taxi! can be riveting, inspiring, and upsetting all at the same time.... Their tales penetrate deep into the exploitive nature of the taxi industry.... In describing precisely how a group of seemingly powerless immigrant workers flexed their muscles, Taxi! critiques the labor movement and the broader movement for social justice."—Left Turn

Driving a cab has long attracted recent immigrants and others at the margins of the economy. In recent years, however, the working conditions and the nature of cab ownership have changed. As Biju Mathew reveals in this lively account of the benefits and hardships in the lives of today's taxi drivers, just about everything has changed dramatically except the yellow paint. At once a passionate declaration of worker solidarity and an ethnography of work, Taxi! is a compelling narrative of the lives of immigrant taxi drivers in New York City. This updated edition covers the formation of the International Taxi Workers Alliance, the unusual collaboration with the Central Labor Council, and 2007 taxi strikes protesting New York City's plan requiring taxicabs to install costly global positioning systems and credit-card machines.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801474392
SKU
V9780801474392
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Biju Mathew
Biju Mathew is Associate Professor of Management at Rider University and a cofounder and Organizing Committee member of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.

Reviews for Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City
In 1998, as Biju Mathew reminds us in Taxi, a group of drivers24,000 cabbiesstaged an inspiring work stoppage in New York City. Theirs lasted only a day but showed that a group of "independent contractors"the Taxi Workers Alliancecould make gains through lobbying, publicity, and direct action even when deprived of formal collective bargaining rights. As Mathew movingly describes, the New ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City


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