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New York Taxi Drivers Take Solidarity Action
When immigration authorities began to carry out President Trump’s
executive order on January 28, 2017, banning refugees and immigrants
from seven Muslim countries entering the U.S., thousands of protestors
gathered at airports around the country. The New York Taxi Workers
Alliance joined the protest and put out the following statement:
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance statement in support of the protests
“Professional drivers are over 20 times more likely to be murdered on
the job than other workers. By sanctioning bigotry with his
unconstitutional and inhumane executive order banning Muslim refugees
from seven countries, the president is putting professional drivers in
more danger than they have been in any time since 9/11 when hate crimes
against immigrants skyrocketed.
“Our 19,000-member-strong union stands firmly opposed to Donald Trump’s
Muslim ban. As an organization whose membership is largely Muslim, a
workforce that’s almost universally immigrant, and a working-class
movement that is rooted in the defense of the oppressed, we say no to
this inhumane and unconstitutional ban.
“We know all too well that when government programs sanction outright
Islamophobia, and the rhetoric of hate is spewed from the bully pulpit,
hate crimes increase and drivers suffer gravely. Our Sikh and other
non-Muslim Brown and Black members also suffer from anti-Muslim violence.
“Today, drivers are joining the protest at JFK Airport in support of all
those who are currently being detained at the airport because of Trump’s
unconstitutional executive order. Drivers stand in solidarity with
refugees coming to America in search of peace and safety and with those
who are simply trying to return to their homes here in America after
traveling abroad. We stand in solidarity with all of our peace-loving
neighbors against this inhumane, cruel, and unconstitutional act of pure
bigotry.”
—Facebook, January 28, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/nytwa/posts/1562624543751719
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