New York Taxi Workers Alliance

Founded in 1998, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) is the 21,000-member strong union of NYC yellow cab, green car, black car, livery and app-dispatched drivers. We fight for justice, rights, respect and dignity for the over 180,000 licensed men and women who labor 12 hour shifts with little pay and little protection in the city’s mobile sweatshop. Our members come from every community, garage, and neighborhood.Through organizing, direct action, legal and health services, media presence, political advocacy, and the cultivation of allies and supporters, NYTWA — a multi-ethnic, multi-generational union — builds power for one of the most visible, yet vulnerable, immigrant workforces in the city of New York.