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Truckers Strike 2008 * USA - Albany, NY Protest & More
June 19, 2008: Truckers protest in downtown Albany draws hundreds
New York,NY,USA -Mike Cane 2008 /Photo Album from AP -22 June 2008: -- I had to use Google News to find local coverage — and it was in Newsday! Not the New York Times nor NY Daily News nor New York Post! Those bastards! The Times at least partially redeems itself with another story (see referred link-post)...
Hundreds of truck drivers converged on the state Capitol Thursday and staged a noisy demonstration against soaring fuel prices... About 110 tractor-trailer cabs, dump trucks and flatbeds lined streets outside the Capitol, their thundering air horns blasting the 109-year-old building. Even more were diverted to a nearby parking area... (Video from YouTube, by FlyingDad -June 20, 2008: "Truck Rally - Albany NY" Truckers Convoy to Albany to Protest Fuel Prices... The drivers gathered at truck stops in Washington and Montgomery counties before convoying to Albany Thursday morning... MUSIC BY/TITLE: "Jerry Reeds - East Bound and Down" - Smokey and the Bandit soundtrack)...
Organizers said they came to call out the governor and legislative leaders to explain what they’re going to do about what is becoming a crisis in their industry...
“With increased Department of Transportation audits, high fuel prices and obnoxious taxes … they’re putting trucking companies out of business and driving trucking companies out of New York,” said Bill Sutton, a truck owner-operator from Batavia...Labels: truckers' strikes
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