Sentences with phrase «taxi industry associations»
State lawmakers have come under heavy lobbying from taxi industry associations and companies who oppose allowing Uber and Lyft to expand Upstate and compete with them.
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The organization also hosted events with Uber's Chief Advisor David Plouffe in September 2015 (listen to audio) and October 2016 (listen to audio) as well as an event with the Vancouver Taxi Association in June 2016 (listen to audio), in an effort to better inform the regional business community about the evolving ride - for - hire industry.
The other 8 submissions posted since 21 July were from eBay, Global Shippers» Forum, NSW Taxi Council, Recruitment and Consulting Services Association, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd, The Industry Group, The Infrastructure Group and the United States Federal Trade Commission (focus on misuse of market power, price signaling, and merger notification and review procedures).
This money came from major medallion owners, including $ 4000 each from Evgeny «Gene» Freidman (who was recently in the news for his assertion that Mayor Bloomberg personally promised to «destroy [his] fucking industry» when he leaves office), Guy Roberts, and Neomi Yakuel, all of whom are on the board of the Greater New York Taxi Association, a powerful trade organization.
They visited: Sonny's Enterprises, largest car wash manufacturer in the United States; City Furniture, one million square foot corporate headquarters and distribution center; Sprout Loud and Rex 3, largest commercial printer in South Florida - high growth internet company; Marine Association of South Florida (MASF), 7 billion dollar industry in South Florida - Tour of Roscioli and Water Taxi on New River (view existing working Marinas); Mario Portillo - Actavis (soon to be Teva), largest generic drug manufacturer in the world; and Broward Health - Cora E. Braynon Family Center, health care professions.
Despite the comparisons between lawyers and the taxi industry, the preeminent lawyers» organization in Canada — the Canadian Bar Association, is running the Pitch — a contest to select the best legal tech startups in the country.