in all the problems i hear from carriage drivers about the problems i hear no word from mike foulks. in this article in the dispatcher i hear many names of organizers and organizations and no word from mike foulks and the CCO. doesn't he drive for carriage? mike, do you don't know what is going on in front of your nose? or maybe you don't care if you can't be the president of all the organizations. maybe you get a good deal from carriage.
what kind of man who says he cares about the cabdrivers and makes election to be president with no mmembers and he don't organize the drivers at the place he works? let some real leaders make the work and the struggle. mike foulks doesn't want to lose his job or his good deal.
i heard that the white drivers get a better deal. is this true mike foulks? why don't you find out? tell us your deal and ask the white drivers to give ;you copy of leases so we can see.
i believe mike foulks and cco is not doing anything about problems at carriage. why? answer the people, mike foulks.
rani
Mike has just what's between his ears to work with. Don't expect a miracle from a midget.
I also told you that CCC was the worst company in the city many times on this forum.
Maybe MIKE FOULKS, OLA SHALOM, ALEKSANDR IGOLNIKOV, SYMON GARBER, GALINA GARBER-SHEININ were practicing with the CHICAGO CARRIAGE CAB POLO TEAM.
Normally polo is played on horseback but intrepid entrepreuers that they are, they are trying donkeys this season. Mike and Ola are the lead donkeys in alternating chukkers so they don't get too tired and sweaty.
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Mike has just what's between his ears to work with. Don't expect a miracle from a midget.
I also told you that CCC was the worst company in the city many times on this forum.
whenever you see these big red cabs on streets, you seem them speeding, cutting off pedestrains and just driving recklessly.
These have worst cab drivers on city.
thats not true. you must talk to the drivers. there are many drivers for carriage who are long time drivers, respectful and dignified, who follow the rules. you cant' talk about companies like that only about individual drivers who need training
Let me point out a difference that all might not have realized. I said the worst company in the city. I did not say worst drivers, although they do have more than most. My comments were worst company. Period.
But where is that Ola Shalom?
I am not surprised that drivers know so little about how to defend themselfes. Not the City nor the owner want to help the drivers. Without knowing to much about Carriage, I read the article and I saw that drivers cry because of their high leases that they have to pay. Don't they know that the City of Chicago has standard maximum lease price? Go to page 30 on the next link and see what is all about. That link is from the City of Chicago, Department of Consumer Services. Why do you have to go in strike and pray for a fair lease, when you can complain to Consumer Services about what a driver has to endure?
The following link is a good one for every cabdriver:
http://199.253.140.81/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_EDITORIAL/Medallion-Rule_Reg-05012008.pdf
The maximum lease an owner can charge a driver it can be as follows:
MAXIMUM TAXICAB LEASE RATES INCLUDING CITY AND
STATE TAXES
Including
Repairs &
Maintenance
12-Hour Lease $57.00
24-Hour Lease 78.50
Weekly 473.00
....not 97/day or 565/week
If there is any advertisemnt, then 35 percent of such income shall be returned to the lessee (the driver).
Good luck you all in your fight!
These guys have all sorts of ways they can get around the laws. Yellow charges over 600.00 a week for a later model vehicle lease. I can tell you from my part though, I would lose money to rent to a driver for 473.00 a week. I am an owner operator and am just making enough to scrape by. My vehicle would need a thousand dollars worth of repairs after being torn up by some of these so called drivers over a few weeks time.
It will never happen, but I would sell my cab and lease one if it ever does. A lease that is charged by ones record as a driver. Just a dream I guess.
Bottom line, the city is responsible for our hard times. They are not letting us charge fair rates of fare. We are real low compared to other large cities. Our expenses are some of the highest in the nation. If we can charge fair rates of fare to our customers many of our other problems will seem smaller once we're earning our fair share! Putting the companies into bankrupcy isn't my idea of fixing a broken business. Charging enough to make a decent living is.
