Untold Stories, the award-winning labor history series sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Library has begun its eighth year with a program of lectures, tours, community discussions, and performances.

Biju Matthew presents his book, Taxi!: Cabs and Capitalism in New York City (New Press) on Thursday, May 4, 7:00PM, at the Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul. Taxi! is a survey of New York City’s taxi business from a unique perspective. Matthew, you see, is a professor of business at Rider University, a member of the Organizing Committee of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, and co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists. In 1998, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance organized a strike of more than 10,000 drivers, speaking at least 80 different languages, to protest new rules Mayor Rudy Giuliani tried to impose.