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STRIKE * AUSTRALIA
* Qld businesses feel pinch of truckie strike
Brisbane,Queensland,Australia -ABC News -Jul 28, 2008: -- Some Queensland businesses are starting to feel the effect of a national truck industry shutdown... The two-week trucking shutdown began at midnight last night over state and federal government transport changes, which include increased registration fees, new fatigue laws and changes to the fuel excise... Brisbane Markets chief executive Andrew Young says there was a drop in produce deliveries at Rocklea this morning... Mr Young says some suppliers have been stocking up with extra produce... (Picture by Alison McRae/ABC News: Trucks slowly make their way through the centre of Brisbane in a 'go-slow' protest on July 28, 2008. The truckies were protesting against the high price of petrol)* Truckies protest in Melbourne
Melbourne,Australia -ABC News -Jul 28, 2008: -- Dozens of self-employed truck drivers are taking part in stop work meetings across Melbourne, as part of a national day of protest over working conditions... The drivers are angry about rising fuel costs, increases in registration fees and low rates of pay... About 50 drivers are moving in convoy through Melbourne's west as a show of force... (Picture by Karl Hoerr/ABC TV - Truckies are angry about risking costs)* Supermarkets brace for truckie strike - Truckies preparing for two week strike
Sydney,Australia -NEWS.com.au -July 27, 2008: -- Supermarket chains are bracing for serious shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables this week amid fears truckies could strike as early as tonight... Thousands of truckies, outraged at low pay rates and soaring fuel and registration costs, have vowed to bring the country to its knees from midnight tonight, refusing to drive for two weeks... The Australian Long Distance Owners and Drivers Association and the National Road Transport Forum are calling it a nationwide strike, but a Transport Workers Union spokesman said they were a local "fringe group" and the action was limited to drivers in Queensland... One organiser said up to 80 per cent of owner drivers were facing bankruptcy and they were prepared to take the Queensland economy down with them...
* Truck drivers in Australia seek government help
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -Radio Australia -Jul 28, 2008: -- Self employed truck drivers from the Australian state of Victoria say they will take industrial action unless the federal government responds to their request for help to improve their working conditions... Protest meetings have been held in capital cities around the country... They want a cut in diesel excise, more safety stops along freeways and registration fees to be standardised nationally... Ivan Waddingham, of the Australian Long Distance Owners and Drivers Association, says soaring petrol prices are sending many owner-drivers broke... "We get paid per kilometre. That hasn't changed much at all in the last 20 years," he said... "We've got huge fuel spike. Everyone's hurting and you know, you almost need a personal loan now to fill it, it's got that bad." ..
* Truck strike to hurt small operators
Fairfax,Australia -Stock and Land - 28 July 2008: -- The commencement today of disruption to road freight will cause economic harm to those who can least afford disruption to their cash flow, income and profitability, according to the Queensland Trucking Association... As a result, QTA chief executive Peter Garske is calling for on all owner-drivers to return to work and to focus their attentions on negotiating with Government...* Australian Truckers Split Over Stoppage
Australia -Freightscene, by Findlay Osborn -28 July 2008: -- The trucking industry in Australia appears split over attempts by two of the industry’s representative organisations to organised a nationwide stoppage of truck transport... The stoppage, which commenced this morning in Australia has been organised by the Queensland based National Road Transport Forum and Australian Long Distance Owners and Drivers Association in response to increased fuel prices and proposed legislation by Australia’s Labor government which would see a raft of new charges imposed on the industry... The National Road Transport Forum’s Mick Pattell hoped the public would back the drivers concerns and that the government would react quickly to the stoppage... The stoppage is planned to last for two weeks with repercussions expected for both retailers and consumers, should truck drivers choose to join the nationwide action... Truck drivers in the state of Western Australia have decided against joining the two-week nationwide truck stoppage. The decision was made after a brief gathering of truck drivers in Kewdale and a subsequent protest drive to a point close to the Parliament of Western Australia...* SA Transport Authority: We won't be bullied
Adelaide,SA,Australia -ABC Online -Jul 27, 2008: -- The South Australian Road Transport Authority says it could sue the organisers of tonight's planned national shutdown of the trucking industry if it goes ahead... The transport body says it has advice to take legal action against the organisations leading the planned action from midnight tonight... Some rogue trucking groups have threatened violence towards drivers who continue to work during the unofficial strike... The Transport Authority's director Steve Shearer says the industry will not be bullied... (Picture by Daniel Munoz/Reuters: Truck drivers are planning a national stoppage from midnight)Labels: truckers' strikes
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