There is a very sad story to be told about the head of the Taxi Workers Alliance, Bhairavi Desai. A while back, a taxi driver parked his car on a bridge and commit suicide. Distraught for some unknown reason, he felt this was his only way out. The owner of his taxi saw that the GPS unit had stopped on the bridge, but could not immediately know why. He consulted a colleague, who advised him to call the Taxi and Limousine Commission and the police.
They all converged on that taxi to discover that indeed, a driver chose to end his life in the face of what likely seemed to be insurmountable circumstances.
They all converged on that taxi to discover that indeed, a driver chose to end his life in the face of what likely seemed to be insurmountable circumstances.
What came next showed the nature of the head of the TWA. The dispatcher, knowing that this man was a struggling immigrant from India, paid for the funeral and for the cost of sending his body back to India so that his family could bury him close to home and with the proper ritual his background demanded.
During the local ceremony for his friends and peers, Ms. Desai felt the need to send a private note to the dispatcher who had made the arrangements which read, “He killed himself because of you!”
That is how she supports her so called members.
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