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TRUCKERS' STRIKE * USA - To Protest Fuel Costs, Truckers Plan Idle Day
Dan Little says $4-a-gallon diesel fuel and other soaring costs forced him to temporarily halt his cattle-hauling business in Missouri several days ago, and he may have persuaded truckers across the country to pull their rigs off the road next week
New York,NY,USA -The New York Times, by NICK BUNKLEY -March 29, 2008: -- Soon after Mr. Little posted a rant about his vanishing profits on a Web site that he runs ,to help livestock carriers find loads to carry, he started hearing from colleagues in other states promising to join him in a nationwide trucker shutdown on April 1... Numerous drivers have used their time at home or at Internet-equipped truck stops this month to spread word of the idea on Web sites like OvertimeTruckers.com and even MySpace, the social networking site... It might sound like an April Fool’s Day joke, but Mr. Little and other independent truckers, what the industry calls owner-operators, say they are serious about their plans to stop accepting freight on Tuesday... Officials at several organizations that represent independent truckers say that a widespread shutdown could have a noticeable effect on the country’s transportation network within a matter of days... “It’s not a good time to own your own rig,” said Chip White, a transportation and logistics professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “It’s a tough life even when the economy is reasonably good.”... (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images -Truck drivers at a protest last week at a truck stop in Harrisburg, Pa. Diesel costs are up about 45 percent from a year ago)* Independent truckers fight rising costs
Long Beach,CAL,USA -The Militant,by ARLENE RUBINSTEIN -28 Mar 2008: -- “I’m one of the lucky ones. My 1999 truck is paid off. But with diesel prices going up almost every day this month, I spend $600 to $800 a week,” port truck driver René García told Militant reporters as he stopped at the diesel pump. García, pictured left, showed this reporter the bill for $200 he paid to fill up... “The port just takes our money like bandits,” he added. “It’s an abuse that my four hours a day of waiting time is unpaid.”... With diesel costs up $1.30 a gallon over a year ago, independent truckers are facing a rising cost squeeze... According to the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa, some owner operators have called for an April 1 strike to demand relief from the combined costs of fuel and insurance... (Photo by by Naomi Craine)
* Get Your Taxes Out of My Fuel Tank!
USA -American Truckers At War, by rtaylor83305 -29 Mar 2008: -- After much discussion here at ATAW Central Command, we have made an important decision. We will be joining our trucking brothers and sisters - owner/operator and company driver alike - and will be parked April 1. Do we think a shut down will change anything? We still do not know... It’s not enough that we just park our rigs - make your downtime productive. Starting Monday, March 31, email, fax and phone your congressmen, senators, the President and DoT’s Mary Peters (just tell her Juan is calling - she’ll probably take your call). Let them know what you are doing and why you are doing it. Call your state’s governor, your local representatiave - your local media outlets. Call every day you are down. Make them hear you!...
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