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STRIKE * USA - Independent Truckers Stage Wildcat Strike At Port
A group of about 50 independent truckers abandoned their vehicles Tuesday, staging the second day of a wildcat strike at the busy Port Of Oakland in protest over rising diesel fuel costs
Oakland,CAL,USA -KTVU -May 6, 2008: -- ... Authorities said the second day of the strike began with an act of violence -- a trucker was arrested on vandalism charges after he allegedly tossed a rock at a trucker who was not honoring the picket line... Independent truckers are frustrated and angry over not being properly reimbursed by shipping companies for the steep rise in diesel fuel costs... According to the drivers, the companies that dispatch the drivers to carry cargo had agreed years ago to pay them 5 percent of their fuel costs above $2 per gallon annually. However, many of the angry strikers said those agreement have not been enforced... With the price of diesel soaring, drivers claim without the payments they are going broke. "We are paying more than we make," said a driver who did not want to be named... (Photo by Alex Molloy/The Oakland Tribune - Striking truck drivers yell at the working truck drivers on Middle Harbor Road on Tuesday, during a second day of pickets)Labels: owner operators strikes
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