HOW MANY MORE CABBIES IN BOTH SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN NEVADA NEED TO DIE BEFORE GOVERNMENTS MANDATE IN-CAR VIDEO?
Blast from the past
On Sept. 21, 1949, Whittlesea Radio Taxi owner Victor Whittlesea called his cabs off the roads after a Reno strike produced picketing in Las Vegas.
Courtesy of journalist Dennis Myers' Poor Denny's Almanac
More almanackian facts at the NevadaLabor.com bull'board

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INTERNATIONAL DRIVER OF THE YEAR
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Las Vegas taxi drivers authorize strike to begin 3 March 2013
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In December, a federal judge in Gomorrah South granted class action status to a lawsuit by limo drivers who shamelessly ask to be paid for all hours worked. It affects a lot of cabbies in these parts. Stay tuned.
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Limo drivers’ suit seeks safety net: Minimum wage pay
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Cab passenger in accident finds no one has to pay for her injuries
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Son in Georgia seeks his long-lost Reno cabbie father. Please help.


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SAVE THE CABBIES WAR ROOM


DEAR NEVADA LABORITES: Former LV councilmember Steve Miller's comments, below, hit home. Since I moved to Reno from Las Vegas in 1971, few events have etched themselves in my memory than the senseless murder of Reno cab driver Tom Sumida. The young couple who killed him for a few pennies and perhaps a thrill continue to rot in the Nevada State Prison, at least I hope so.

A couple of years ago, in-cab Global Positioning Satellite equipment was supposed to make life safer. Actually, what was installed got there because ownership thought it would make for more efficient, and thus more profitable routing. Safety was not even the secondary consideration. I can't say if it's done any good. People are still dying.

Nevada workers have always been disposable, even the ones who deserve combat pay for showing up every day. People like Tom Sumida and Pairoj Chitprasart.

It's time for the people to speak out to protect the cabbies.

Dammit, somebody's gotta care.

Let's declare war to save lives for change.

Be well. Raise hell.

Andrew Barbano, Editor

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Columnist Jeff German: Case of cab thief is proof of camera urgency

Letter from a worried wife of a cabbie

Two men arrested in attack on Reno cab driver




2000-2004 NEWS LINKS



A heartfelt comment from former Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Miller

From: Stevemiller4lv@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:16:34 EDT
Subject: Buddhist Funeral Held for Cab Driver

So far, two elected officials and one cab company owner have stepped forward to ask that cameras be installed in all Nevada taxicabs. US Rep. Shelly Berkley and Las Vegas City Councilman Michael Mack have joined with Yellow, Checker, Star Cab Company part-owner Pete Eliadis to advocate for the safety of cabbies after the murder of Paul Chitprasart.

Now its time for our elected, tourist, and taxicab industry officials to join with Berkley, Mack, and Eliadis to make sure cabbies — the first and last persons many of our tourists come in contact with during their Vegas vacations — are safe and happy on the job. A fearful cabbie can ruin anyone's vacation, and LV cabbies have much to be fearful of. When a cabbie tells a tourist of the burning of Mr. Chitprasart and how so many other drivers have been robbed or killed, its sure to put a damper on anyone's vacation. -- SM
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KLAS TV-8 NEWS
Janine Gill, Reporter
Buddhist Funeral Held for Cab Driver (Aug. 27, 2004) — Two local cab companies are testing cameras in the cabs to see if they will help prevent crime. Many cab drivers believe the incident could have been prevented, if cameras were required to be installed in all cabs...

From: Stevemiller4lv@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:55:52 EDT
Subject: LV SUN: Cabbie was an advocate for safety cameras

This is a disgrace!

In 1995, after the recent murders of two local cab drivers, I was asked to make a presentation before the Nevada Taxi Cab Authority on the practicality of installing cameras in cabs. Then-Taxi Authority Chairman Jim Jimmerson along with his board thwarted the effort while several cab company owners sat in the audience giving silent signals. During a break in the hearing, one of the owners, a man who had donated thousands of dollars to my political campaigns, came up to me and said, "Steve, I thought we are friends. What are you doing?" I told my old friend that I was just trying to save lives. He was then seen having a side bar meeting with Jimmerson and another Commissioner.

Soon, the Commission voted to "study" the matter, and assigned a "Blue Ribbon Committee" of 17 wannabe politicians to take further testimony. That Committee, under the leadership of Danny Tarkanian, wasted more of my time along with the time of dozens of drivers and their family members who tried to persuade the Committee to
recommend cameras to the Taxi Authority. I then took the matter before the Nevada Senate Transportation Committee who asked why the Taxi Authority did not act previously? All of the authorities did NOTHING for the next nine years, and a dozen more innocent cabbies died as a consequence. After this week's murder of Pairoj Chitprasart, I now realize that almost everyone with the power to protect our taxi driver's safety are more interested in keeping in good standing with certain moneyed cab company owners, than caring about the fallen drivers and the well-being of their widows and children. — SM

Cabbie was an advocate for safety cameras
By Jen Lawson
LAS VEGAS SUN
8-25-2004
After a passenger tried to rob cabdriver Pairoj Chitprasart last year, he became vocal in his support of surveillance cameras in taxicabs. The 51-year-old advocated for the cameras in his Thai-language newspaper that he supported with his taxi-driving pay, his girlfriend of five years and co-manager of the newspaper said. Now she and Chitprasart's fellow cabbies are haunted by the thought that a camera might have prevented Chitprasart from being victimized a second time, this time by a passenger who set him afire Friday night. Chitprasart died of his injuries Tuesday...

2000-2004 NEWS LINKS

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