Labor Lines

On a rainy day it can be pretty frustrating trying to find a taxi, but have you considered how challenging it is for the taxi drivers to just break even? This week we speak with Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director of the New York Taxi Worker Alliance, Bill Lindauer, Organizing Committee Member and Victor Salazar, the outreach coordinator, three people who are intimately familiar with the challenges of driving a taxi in New York City. Next we talk to Irv Miljoner, the Area Director for the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour, Long Island Division, for an update on the agency’s effort to stem the ever increasing tide of wage and hour violations. You can subscribe to Labor-Lines Newsletter here, listen on I-Tunes / Stitcher or follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@LaborLines)