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Cabs and Capitalism Talk, Wednesday 4/12 |
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10 Apr 2006
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Asian American Studies & South Asian Collective Present:
Cabs and Capitalism
A talk by Biju Mathew
Date: April, 12 2006
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: 196 Lincoln Hall
The yellow cab has become a striking metaphor for the New York City and its exuberant twenty-four-hours-a-day rush. An
immigrant working class in an industry that pioneered
outsourcing, taxi drivers have a tough job with long hours and
low earnings. They represent more than 90 countries and work 12 hours a day, six and sometimes seven days a week barely making above the minimum wage. More than 90% of the cab drivers are recent immigrants from the third world. Founded in 1998, the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA) has been instrumental in organizing around issues of fair wages and better work-environment for cab drivers.
Biju Mathew is a lead organizer of the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA). He is also a co-founder of Youth Solidarity Summer (YSS) and co-hosts a weekly radio show called Global Movements, Urban Struggles on WBAI 99.5 FM (NYC). He has considerable experience in writing, speaking and organizing around issues of communalism, immigration and labor. His book Taxi! Cabs and Capitalism in New York City provides a commentary on a number of issues -- from immigration, gender, race and multiculturalism to the neo-liberal political economy.
Funded in part by South Asian/American interest group and SORF |
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