After a two-week hunger strike, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance reached an agreement with the city after a years-long fight to relieve drivers of thousands of dollars in debt they owe for medallions
Aliyu is one of about 4,000 taxi drivers who started a new chapter last Wednesday as New York City reached an agreement after a years-long fight with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance , the union that had been fighting to relieve drivers of thousands of dollars in debt they owe for medallions, the physical permits to operate taxis.
This fall, NYTWA leaders and members, alongside local assembly members, had camped outside City Hall for 46 days, starting a hunger strike in mid-October that lasted 15 days before the city reached an agreement with them. The union had been demanding a debt forgiveness that would allow the drivers to pay a maximum of $145,000 instead of the hundreds of thousands of dollars that many owed.
He was still managing to make loan payments, but when the coronavirus pandemic hit, he was unable to work and had to receive unemployment benefits. For immigrant drivers — many of whom came to the United States to secure a better future for their children — the repercussions are deeper. Being so mired in debt meant many were on the cusp of losing that opportunity.
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