Taxi drivers demonstrated in support of the bill outside the headquarters of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) this week, holding signs with the names and faces of six taxi drivers who had taken their lives since December.
Some drivers honked their horns in support of the march, and the pace of the group increased.
Government forces were said to have smashed the windows of cars whose drivers honked their horns in support of the protest.
Drivers sounding their horns in support of Moussavi were dragged out of their cars and beaten, and the Basijis damaged and looted houses where they suspected Moussavi supporters had taken sanctuary.
Yet Mr Grainger, an aerodynamics engineer who has spent 32 years working for Boeing, recently stood waving a picket sign with a score of other engineers outside the gates of the factory in which they normally help to design Boeing 737 and 757 airliners, as drivers in passing cars honked horns in support of them.For Mr Grainger, and 18,000 others like him, this is a novel experience.
"It is completely irresponsible for the RMT to threaten strike action in support of these drivers," Mr Collins said.
As protesters in support of lorry drivers threaten to demonstrate at the Port of Dover, what is the impact of illegal migrants on those drivers who regularly make the journey across the English Channel?
Every night, in most Istanbul neighbourhoods, old ladies can be seen leaning from their windows, banging pots and pans, the drivers below tooting their car horns, in support of the protesters on the streets.
Every night, in most Istanbul neighborhoods, old ladies can be seen leaning from their windows, banging pots and pans, the drivers below tooting their car horns, in support of the protesters on the streets.
Howard Collins, LU's chief operating officer, said: "The Bakerloo line mandate is flimsy at best, while Northern line staff have completely rejected the call for unjustified strike action". Members of the RMT union working on the Northern line had rejected strikes in support of a driver facing disciplinary action.
