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* USA - PROPOSED STRIKE: "Truckers to Shut Down America"
* Michigan - A new social media rallying call has truckers across America buzzing
Lansing,MICH,USA -The Huffington Post/The Trucker News Services, by Amanda Scherker -23 Sept 2013: -- Citing government corruption as its main grievance, a Facebook group dubbed "Truckers to Shut Down America" is calling for a three-day general strike set to take place Oct. 11-13. The page has quickly amassed more than 53,000 Facebook "likes" since its launch on Sept. 15... While the page's description does not list specific goals or terms of negotiation, the plans for the strike read thus: "Truck drivers will not haul freight! Workers will call in sick! Consumers will not buy or sell anything on this date! Stay home! Buy nothing!" ... This grassroots attempt to organize a truckers' strike was dismissed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the largest trade organization for truckers... ATA ,Sean McNally, said the movement appears to be using information from a 2006 ATA report about the essential role of truckers in the United States. Among other findings, the report noted that halting trucking could call "significant shortages" to the country "in as little as three days, especially for perishable items" ... Given those findings, a successful 72-hour trucker strike, like the one proposed by the Truckers To Shut Down America, would be problematic for the country... However, McNally expressed skepticism on the likelihood of such a large-scale protest taking place...
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