Boston only started to unionize in 2007, for example. Prior to the labor union being formed, the taxi cartel has long had an artificially restricted monopoly on medallions, which ensures a lack of competition and discourages innovation, causing them to stagnate and become ripe for disruption. I&#x27;m sure having unionized labor doesn&#x27;t help in keeping costs down and the driver unions have gone on strike over things like requiring GPS, but you have failed to demonstrate that the labor union is the primary cause of their current troubles. If that were the case, you ought to be able to show that prior to 2007, Boston&#x27;s taxi companies were constantly innovating and upping their game and that it&#x27;s only after unionization that they have stagnated.<p>In fact, the GPS strike was due to the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission enacting rules that required the use of GPS -- this was something that the taxi companies could have introduced themselves if they were at all competitive, but due to their cartel status why should they even bother?<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theunionnews.blogspot.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;08&#x2F;steelworkers-organize-boston-taxi.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theunionnews.blogspot.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;08&#x2F;steelworkers-organi...</a>