By Jesse Russell

A strike by New York City’s 13,000 taxi drivers could be less than 24 hours away. The New York Taxi Workers Alliance reiterated plans for a 48-hour strike on Sunday and added that “an overwhelming majority” of cab drivers in the city have vowed to take part. New York cab drivers are independent contractors and they are upset with plans to install GPS software in cabs that can track their location. They are calling it an invasion of privacy. In addition to tracking the cabs, drivers are concerned the new devices could cut into fare time as they have to log-in each time they start a new fare. The strike is scheduled to start at 5 a.m. Wednesday morning.