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According to the national media, thousands of New York Uber drivers went on a 24-hour strike Monday in protest of a New York Supreme Court judge’s recent decision to halt pay raises for now.

The strike began at 12:01 a.m. Monday and ends at midnight, according to the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, the union that represents about 15,000 Uber, Lyft, and taxi cab drivers.

The drivers drove over the Brooklyn Bridge and then gathered outside Uber’s headquarters in Manhattan.

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission had approved raises for Uber and Lyft drivers. The raises, which Uber has sued to block, were supposed to go into effect on Monday.

Uber has sued the commission, arguing that enacting those raises would cost the company between $21 million and $23 million per month and force Uber to increase fares by 10%, the company said in the suit.

The judge put in a temporary restraining order until the case can be heard in court on January 31.

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