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YCS Cab Strike Over, An Interview with ITPEU Shop Steward Dustin Qualls

Photo by Frankie Tease of   Workers  who were on strike Mar. 2, 2013 The first day of the strike was midnight March 2, going into March 3.  A cab job runs various hours, 24 hours a day. It's a "we never close" business. The strike ended Midnight May 1, 2013 going into the second day. That's two months of striking, and it finally ended. On day two of the strike, I went and interviewed the strikers, filmed the rally after midnight, and interviewed my Twitter friend Dustin Qualls. He's Shop Steward for the ITPEU which in plain speak is their union.  See the first report at  http://www.frankietease.com/2013/03/yellow-checker-star-vegas-cab-strike.html . After hearing the strike had ended right before the very busy Cinco De Mayo weekend 2013, I had to call up my cabbie contact and see what had been accomplished after two full months of organized protest with the YCS workers and their union. Here is what DQ had to say (aka @vagascab on Twitter). FT: