Chicago taxi drivers are planning a 24-hour strike until Friday morning.
The strike is to protest Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s plan to allow rideshares like UberX to pick up and drop off passengers at airports.
The United Taxidrivers Community Council say the move could finish off the taxi industry altogether. They are also opposing a fare increase and a 50-cent surcharge for each fare.
Members of the UTCC said in a statement about 30 percent of taxi business dried up over the summer. They also said they take issue with rideshares having “free and easy access” to the business “traditionally reserved for the highly-regulated taxi industry.”
The UTCC represents about six percent of the city's cab drivers. The success of the strike would depend on other groups joining in.
