But many other readers - some, union members themselves - have soured on the union-inspired violence and intimidation of newsstand vendors and replacement workers.
As I handed the newsstand vendor $4.25 for the most recent copy of Bride's magazine, his weathered face suddenly warmed.
He tried asking people on the street if they had noticed her but without any luck until he got to a newsstand vendor on one corner.
That had never happened before my building's newsstand vendor switched from polystyrene cups.
The newsstand vendor was wearing my leather jacket.
They sell for $8 at newsstand vendors in Times Square, an area where they can come in handy.
This card is sold at selected newsstand vendors and is available in 10, 20 and 40 trips.
The change did not please newsstand vendors, and what had been a mainstream publication became a magazine whose distribution was often restricted to pornographic bookstores.
He interviews, among others, two cab drivers, a newsstand vendor, an amateur hockey player, a switchboard operator and a graduate student.
If they turn out to be independent contractors - like newsstand vendors - they are not.