[News Script: Taxi drivers]

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Taxi cab drivers, members of the Teamsters Local 7-45, who have threatened to go on strike if a new contract is not negotiated with the City Transportation Company; Protesting 12 hour days with a base pay rate of 35 to 47 and a half percent of the gross take, in two meetings during the day they voted against the current proposal, and a strike may be called if another proposal isn't made before midnight the next day. A handwritten note on the script states: "From … continued below

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3 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) November 29, 1964.

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Taxi cab drivers, members of the Teamsters Local 7-45, who have threatened to go on strike if a new contract is not negotiated with the City Transportation Company; Protesting 12 hour days with a base pay rate of 35 to 47 and a half percent of the gross take, in two meetings during the day they voted against the current proposal, and a strike may be called if another proposal isn't made before midnight the next day. A handwritten note on the script states: "From W.L. Piland - Vote 100 to reject, 8 to accept"

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3 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[News Clip: Taxi drivers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Taxi cab drivers, members of the Teamsters Local 7-45, who have threatened to go on strike if a new contract is not negotiated with the City Transportation Company; Protesting 12 hour days with a base pay rate of 35 to 47 and a half percent of the gross take, in two meetings during the day they voted against the current proposal, and a strike may be called if another proposal isn't made before midnight the next day. A handwritten note on the script states: "From W.L. Piland - Vote 100 to reject, 8 to accept"

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  • November 29, 1964

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Taxi drivers], script, November 29, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc968934/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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