there is a reason that 90% of the industry is not represented. a doctor does not go after a healthy person. the cab drivers, 50% does not come to them. it has to pay for medication, sick leave, vacations, everything. that is why they cannot attend. the other thing is it has been mentioned we are not employees. we would be happy to be your employees. give us the benefits. the thing is that cabbies that drive 20 years, they take home less than an entry-level muni worker. just look at your numbers. how much do you want to milk the scout? until blood come stacks how much you want to milk this cow? until blood comes? good afternoon. i am a cabdriver. of course, i am not going to add more than my colleagues have done. regarding the 5%, it is too high for a charge. that is what we are protesting. also, regarding that we are not employees to mta. the other issue is to have our personnel our personal transactions monitored by an electronic waybill gives access to our income to p
sammy aryan, alec dutt, michael monroe. i am a cab driver. there is a reason that 90% of the industry is not represented. a doctor does not go after a healthy person. the cab drivers, 50% does not come to them. it has to pay for medication, sick leave, vacations, everything. that is why they cannot attend. the other thing is it has been mentioned we are not employees. we would be happy to be your employees. give us the benefits. the thing is that cabbies that drive 20 years, they take home less than an entry-level muni worker. just look at your numbers. how much do you want to milk the scout? until blood come stacks how much you want to milk this cow? until blood comes? good afternoon. i am a cabdriver. of course, i am not going to add more than my colleagues have done. regarding the 5%, it is too high for a charge. that is what we are protesting. also, regarding that we are not employees to mta. the other issue is to have our personnel our personal transactions mon
east, india, south america. these people will cry out to their homeland, telling their relatives and friends that capitalism does not exist in san francisco. i am an action man. this is a hard-earned dollar. i am donating $20 to my mother. [applause] mohamad offshart, eng ho, rashad ahmed. good afternoon. i have been driving taxis about 15 years. as i see it, we cabdrivers are a wonderful, a key service for the city. but i don t know that the city administration you don t see us like that. we are very valuable as an asset here. i do not see any city bodies seen that way. if you re seen that way, 15 years driving some cabdrivers have to under 50,000 250,000. i do not believe that has ever happened. eng ho, rashad ahmed, jamal anshasi, alud nemezee, mayint fan, john han, sato to. albert ma, mary mcguire, ashak agautam, john gallardo. chairperson nolan: we will give them time to get here. john gallardo. if i call your name, if you would stand up. chairperson nolan:
the other thing is it has been mentioned we are not employees. we would be happy to be your employees. give us the benefits. the thing is that cabbies that drive 20 years, they take home less than an entry-level muni worker. just look at your numbers. how much do you want to milk the scout? until blood come stacks how much you want to milk this cow? until blood comes? good afternoon. i am a cabdriver. of course, i am not going to add more than my colleagues have done. regarding the 5%, it is too high for a charge. that is what we are protesting. also, regarding that we are not employees to mta. the other issue is to have our personnel our personal transactions monitored by an electronic waybill gives access to our income to parties that are not the irs. i feel this is not right and we have to protect our rights. thank you. good afternoon. my name is alouc dutt. i have been driving for seven years. right here, it is not right. charging 5% is out of sight. if this does
and credit. i believe this charge, if you can t live without it, passes to the passenger. it is fair. they have the option. i had a passenger from australia. passengers their pay 10%. passengers there pay 10%. david million nguyen. i would like to add to this invisible agenda that seems to be coming down upon cabdriver s constantly. that is evidenced by some of the alarming trends that have seemingly abused the cab driver more than the companies since the switch from the taxi commission to the mta. first of all, the $7.50 per shift means the cabbies are buying the vehicles that own the company. that is $15 a day, $450 a month. i think you can afford something better than a hybrid. somebody has to be ready in some money on that. the companies were paying the credit card charges. we do not know what they are. we do not know what an average business charges for the right to use credit cards. everybody i have talked to says that is an extraordinary amount. if i can ask