Opinion ID: 427313
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Heading: The Working Cab Driver

Text: 36 The Board recognizes that lessees are generally free from direct supervision while they are on duty, but asserts that supervisors of parent Minneapolis Yellow, whose duties are chiefly directed at Yellow's commissioned drivers, occasionally make spot checks to ensure that a Suburban cab is not being subleased. Brief for Respondent at 13. Supervisors also may report incidents of speeding to Suburban. Id.; Supplemental Decision and Order of the NLRB, 262 NLRB No. 89, at 7 (1982) (JA 64). Suburban also has issued bulletins suggesting courtesy to passengers, 14 prescribing the manner of handling accidents, 15 and stressing the importance of being prompt. 16 Drivers may be offered flower runs, and if a run is assigned, they are told not to dispute or refuse it. 17 Drivers are also warned against falsifying their locations when reporting their positions; 18 not to congregate at certain locations, as this might cause the withdrawal of authority to use the cab stand; 19 not to leave their cabs unattended if parked at a cab stand; 20 and to keep down mileage. 21 Other bulletins describe how to collect for certain package runs, 22 remind drivers that airline baggage runs are to be run on the meter over the shortest possible route, 23 and suggest that watching mileage instead of the gasoline gauge might be a better way to avoid running out of gasoline. 24