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TRUCKERS' RALLY * USA - Truckers plan fuel protest
Pierre,SD,USA -Associated Press/kxmc -Apr 14 2008: -- A caravan of truckers who are angry about the high price of diesel fuel may converge on the state Capitol in Pierre later this month... The protest is being planned by trucker Brian Frahm... He says 100 to 200 trucks minus their trailers could show up in the capital city on April 28th... The plan is to meet at a local park and then drive the trucks to the Capitol building in an effort to draw attention to the high toll that rising fuel prices are causing for the trucking industry... Frahm says the goal of the protest is to urge President Bush and Congress to do something about fuel prices...
* Lincoln truckers may join D.C. rally
Lincoln,ME,USA -Bangor Daily News (Bangor,ME), by Nick Sambides Jr. -April 14, 2008: -- At least 50 Maine trucks will roll on Washington, D.C., April 28 as part of a national rally to protest record diesel prices that many Mainers say are crushing the state’s forest products and hauling industries... Belinda Raymond, organizer and co-founder of the Coalition to Lower Fuel Prices, a grassroots organization formed last fall held a rally at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Sunday, drawing more than 150 people...
* Canada - Fuel may force trucks off road - Soaring diesel costs eat away at the bottom line
Halifax,NS,CAN -Metro, by Robyn Young -April 14, 2008: -- There could be fewer trucks on Nova Scotia’s roads in the coming months as the cost of diesel fuel continues to soar... Prices have jumped almost 10 cents a litre in Halifax over the past week, bringing the cost to about $1.40 per litre... The Trucking Association of Nova Scotia’s, Brian Williams said fuel costs now account for about 50 per cent of a truck driver’s gross earnings....Over the past few weeks, truckers across the United States have protested the high cost of fuel, slowing their rigs to a crawl on major highways in New Jersey, Chicago, Atlanta and Tampa in hopes the action might pressure U.S. President George W. Bush to force price stabilization... Williams said Nova Scotia truckers have no plans for similar action because blocking the roads will only serve to make the public angry... There are more than 800 truck drivers in the association and Williams said it’s difficult to speculate how many will be parked at the beginning of May when spring weight restrictions are lifted and the construction season begins...
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