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[News Clip: Taxi drivers] (Video)
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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[News Script: Taxi drivers], script, November 29, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc968934/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.