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Hunger Strike! How Immigrant Taxi Drivers Took on City Hall

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When Augustine Tang’s father passed away, Augustine decided to inherit his taxi medallion – the license that had allowed his father to drive a yellow taxi cab in New York City for decades. But the medallion came with a $530,000 debt trap and years of struggling to escape it.

Augustine’s friend Kenny, a fellow taxi cab driver, committed suicide. So did several other drivers who were crushed under the weight of these impossible debts. In hopes of preventing another death, Tang joined a push by the local taxi drivers’ union, to campaign for debt relief. And eventually, city resistance to worker demands culminated in a 15-day hunger strike to convince City Hall that immigrant taxi drivers deserved a fair deal.

The drivers’ struggles for livable working conditions showed how political power doesn’t just come down to votes. It’s a reminder how strong collective will can be, especially for those often silenced and ignored by our imperfect democracy.

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Credits

  • Produced by Self Evident Media
  • Reported by Sahil Nisha, with help from Alina Panek and Janrey Serapio
  • Interview recordings by Sahil Nisha, Stacey Wong, and James Boo
  • Edited by James Boo and Julia Shu
  • Fact checked by Harsha Nahata and Tiffany Bui
  • Sound mix by Timothy Lou Ly
  • Music by Epidemic Sound
  • At the Moment Theme by Satoru Ohno
  • Cover Art by Susu Schwaber
  • This episode was made with support from the Solutions Journalism Network's Advancing Democracy program
  • Special thanks to: Cynthia Liu, Alice Liu, Sabeen Shalwani, Augustine Tang, John Duda, Kuber Sancho-Persad, Jaslin Kaur, Maria Santana, Maximillian Alvarez, Michelle Faust Raghavan and Alec Saleens, and the New York Taxi Workers Alliance Media Team

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When Augustine Tang’s father passed away, Augustine decided to inherit his taxi medallion – the license that had allowed his father to drive a yellow taxi cab in New York City for decades. But the medallion came with a $530,000 debt trap and years of struggling to escape it.

Augustine’s friend Kenny, a fellow taxi cab driver, committed suicide. So did several other drivers who were crushed under the weight of these impossible debts. In hopes of preventing another death, Tang joined a push by the local taxi drivers’ union, to campaign for debt relief. And eventually, city resistance to worker demands culminated in a 15-day hunger strike to convince City Hall that immigrant taxi drivers deserved a fair deal.

The drivers’ struggles for livable working conditions showed how political power doesn’t just come down to votes. It’s a reminder how strong collective will can be, especially for those often silenced and ignored by our imperfect democracy.

Resources and Reading

Credits

  • Produced by Self Evident Media
  • Reported by Sahil Nisha, with help from Alina Panek and Janrey Serapio
  • Interview recordings by Sahil Nisha, Stacey Wong, and James Boo
  • Edited by James Boo and Julia Shu
  • Fact checked by Harsha Nahata and Tiffany Bui
  • Sound mix by Timothy Lou Ly
  • Music by Epidemic Sound
  • At the Moment Theme by Satoru Ohno
  • Cover Art by Susu Schwaber
  • This episode was made with support from the Solutions Journalism Network's Advancing Democracy program
  • Special thanks to: Cynthia Liu, Alice Liu, Sabeen Shalwani, Augustine Tang, John Duda, Kuber Sancho-Persad, Jaslin Kaur, Maria Santana, Maximillian Alvarez, Michelle Faust Raghavan and Alec Saleens, and the New York Taxi Workers Alliance Media Team

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