i first drove in 1969 for looks workout -- luxor cab.never paid for favors but i want to give you a scenario. a driver has got his money and he is paying his money in and there's no benefit there or anything else. some throw a buck to the cashier to count them out. a lot of them to the gas man. he will put the gas in and check their oil when they finish. some drivers, not all through the mud driver. the most abuse is there will have to pay extra money to get a good captain drive and i can tell you, i know some other companies, we follow that closely. we fire someone for holding someone out. half of them are assigned shifts and have far side taxis. they're not been told that to anybody. and yet not all but many of them still throughout the book when they throw -- when they're at work. this year -- this says if they're caught doing that, giving someone a dollar, there will be fined $600 and would like to see that revised. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker? not here. >> are real 13 or 12? >> both together. the one i want to talk about

. >> it is appalling that a company like luxor or yellow cab is being discussed of extorting driversfor. tipping -- for tipping. drivers are not exported to tip anything. it has been a tipping business since i was 8 years old that i can remember where drivers shared with their dispatchers, their call takers about the tip or their gasman for helping them out with cars or whatever. it is not recommended, it is not forced on, is a common courtesy to let individual if they want to share in what they have made for the day with people they work with on a daily basis. that goes back to management exemption. that is one of the items the tac got on the agenda that never got forward -- i do not know if she is our director but she never brought it to your attention after we voted on it to have that done. continuing to do that brings people up on here to speak to you that have experience, educated to know what they're talking about in the cab industry. it is a benefit to everyone of us including you to have that knowledge presented to us. talking about extorting drivers is ludicrous. we have don

to illustrate the problem, consider what happened at the luxor cab office.our long time drivers brought in a beautiful chocolate cake to celebrate one of our staff members' birthday. there was no solicitation of the cake, there was no quid pro quo and about a dozen people enjoyed pieces of the cake. under this section would be liable for over $600 in fines for not producing this person pose the greatest gesture. i would ask that that particular section even though we are fully in agreement with the purpose of it which is to prevent abuses of tips and gratuities, we would ask that be held in advance until your department has a chance -- selection 1105 a10. seeking clarity of the language. chairman nolan: next speaker. barry toronto. >> followed by jim gillespie and tarik mahmoud. >> i may have -- maybe losing -- wasting my time. you're not caring to understand how the taxi industry works. i wish you would come to that taxi town hall meetings. bruce oka did go to some. i did not agree with how he conducted himself but he took the time to attend and understand

to illustrate the problem, consider what happened at the luxor cab office.our long time drivers brought in a beautiful chocolate cake to celebrate one of our staff members' birthday. there was no solicitation of the cake, there was no quid pro quo and about a dozen people enjoyed pieces of the cake. under this section would be liable for over $600 in fines for not producing this person pose the greatest gesture. i would ask that that particular section even though we are fully in agreement with the purpose of it which is to prevent abuses of tips and gratuities, we would ask that be held in advance until your department has a chance -- selection 1105 a10. seeking clarity of the language. chairman nolan: next speaker. barry toronto.

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