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Sep 11, 2017

REFORM OF THE LABOR CODE * France: A day of mobilization calling for more

* Paris-- The CGT and FO unions mobilization, on 12 September, on the reform of the labor code

--- FO Transports had announced last week that if it succeeded in finding a basis for common demands with CGT Transports, the two trade unions would come together against the reform of the labor code by ordinance. The case is now concluded. "Against the aggression against the rights of employees, amplifying the social declines of the El Khomri law, the two federations call transport workers to a massive response, " the two unions said in a joint statement... The CGT Transports and FO-UNCP make of September 12 "a first day of mobilization", which therefore calls for others. They demanded "the repeal of the El Khomri law ", which they had strongly contested at the time, and "the withdrawal of the Macron Ordinances." At the end of this day, we call on employees to multiply general assemblies in companies to define the modalities of action for the continuation of the social movement, "the statement said... The reform of the labor code, presented on August 31, is called a "totally ideological project"...
 (Photo by David Basanta: Cheaper, eastern European operators have carved out a big chunk of the European road transport industry)  --  Paris France - Actu-transport-logistique.fr - 11 Sept 2017

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Jul 17, 2017

TRUCKERS' PROTESTS * Russia: Against Road Tax

* Russian trucking industry feeling the bite of controversial Road Tax

--- A road tax introduced by Russia early in 2017 that targets heavy and long-haul trucks continued to rumble on Friday, causing discontent among those in the trade, a freight company spokeswoman said... Russia’s contentious Platon road tax imposed on heavy, long-haul trucks that sparked protests by truckers across the country, has begun to squeeze out smaller operators from the market, according to the Lithuanian-based freight forwarding company ABIPA... The implementation of Platon has led to allegations of corruption by the opposition, since the management of the system, including the collection of payments, is carried out by a company controlled by Igor Rottenberg, son of billionaire Arkady Rottenberg, a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle... ABIPA says the toll charges are not great in comparison to other costs, but the additional fees are “painful” considering that “85 percent of Russia’s transport is acquired by means of leasing. Small businesses suffer the most"... 
(Photo: Russian truck drivers strike against road tax, at a parking in Khimki, outside Moscow) -- Moscow, Russia - Latin America Herald Tribune (Venezuela) - 17 July 2017

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Jan 17, 2017

* Brazil - TRUCKERS' PROTEST

* Mato Grosso - Truckers protest continues in Brazil's top grain state

--- A Brazilian truckers' protest entered its fourth day on Monday, preventing grain-carrying vehicles from taking a key road for soy and corn shipments in the state of Mato Grosso... The demonstration started on Friday as truck owners demanded greater compensation from commodities traders and transportation companies to transport soy and corn from the state to exporting ports in southern Brazil... The main harvest has just started in Mato Grosso, Brazil's No. 1 soy and corn producing state, where farmers are expected to collect 30 million tonnes of soybeans... Police said protesting truck drivers were stopping all trucks carrying grains at two points in the BR-364 road and asking them to park. The protest is not aimed at stopping flow of other vehicles... Road operator Rota do Oeste, controlled by Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht, confirmed that grain-carrying trucks are being parked on the side of the road, reducing the room for normal traffic... Abiove, the Brazilian association representing commodities traders and processors, and Aprosoja, a Mato Grosso farmers association, declined to comment... 
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Reuters, by Gustavo Bonato/Marcelo Teixeira/Paul Simao -- Jan 16, 2017

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Oct 17, 2016

TRUCKERS' ANTI-TOLL RALLY * USA: In Rhode Island

* Rhode Island - Trucking stakeholders staging anti-toll rally on Oct. 18

--- The Rhode Island Trucking Association and Natso, the national association representing travel plazas and truck stops, will be staging an informational rally and press conference at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the TravelCenters of America...  The rally is in response to Rhode Island’s truck-only toll... Presenters at the rally will discuss the effects of the RhodeWorks program on local businesses and commercial truck drivers... In February, Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law a bill that would toll only commercial vehicles to fund road and bridge repairs. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Rhode Island Trucking Association and other industry groups have been outspoken about their disapproval of the bill since it was introduced in the summer of 2015... Local residents and truckers are encouraged to attend the rally at the TravelCenters located at 849 Victory Highway in West Greenwich, R.I. ... 
West Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA - Land Line - 13 Oct 2016

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Aug 31, 2016

TRUCKERS' UNION PROTEST * Chile - But gets little support

* Santiago - Truckers' attacked in south Chile

--- A Chilean truckdrivers' union demonstrated Saturday outside Santiago to protest against attacks in which their vehicles were torched in the southern part of the country... The demonstration was organized by the National Freight Transporters Confederation one year after the arrival in Santiago of a caravan of trucks destroyed in arson attacks during the so-called Mapuche conflict in the southern Araucania region... The union, which according to its leaders has some 1,300 members, announced at the beginning of this week that around 150 trucks would come together from the north and south of the country and meet in the Peaje de Angostura Plaza, at some 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Santiago to demand a government crackdown on the hooded attackers... The union boss repeated his demands for a tougher policy against the attacks in the south and in general against all crime that harms trucking... 
(Photo: A truck owner regret that vandals burned his trucks in an attack in the southern Chilean region of La Araucania, an area that has been the scene of assorted acts of violence in recent days)   --   Santiago, Chile - Fox News - August 27, 2016

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Jun 27, 2016

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * Australia

* NSW - Truckies protest for safe rates

  (Video from TWU NSW - Jun 21, 2016: On 19 June 2016 Truck drivers, their families and the families of those killed in truck crashes held co-ordinated convoys and protests around the country to demand an end to pressure in the industry which is causing deaths and injuries) 

--- Hundreds of truck drivers, their families and the families of those killed in truck crashes have held co-ordinated convoys and protests around the country to demand an end to pressure in the industry which is causing deaths and injuries... A convoy of more than 240 drivers and vehicles crossed Sydney's Harbour Bridge on Sunday before dozens of family members joined them for a rally in White Bay... South Australian transport workers held a go-slow on the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide with a rally afterwards at Torrens Parade Ground... Drivers and community supporters gathered at Murray reserve in Melbourne before crossing the West Gate Bridge in a 50-vehicle convoy... In Perth transport workers gathered for a protest at Parliament House, in Queensland a community meeting was held at Redcliffe CWA Hall while in Darwin there was a protest at Parliament House... The Federal Government has opposed a system of Safe Rates, which would ensure drivers are not pushed to break safety rules... The Government's own reports published in April show the link between road safety and the pay rates of drivers and that the safe rates system would reduce truck crashes by 28%... Truck driver Mark Trevillian said that change in the transport industry is desperately needed... Sue Posnakidis, whose brother John died in a truck crash in 2010, attended the rally in Adelaide... Last month 17 people died in crashes invovling trucks; in April there were 24 deaths; in March there were 25 deaths... 
Sydney,NWS, Australia - Big Rigs - 20th Jun 2016

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Feb 5, 2016

PROTESTING Melbourne truck drivers * Australia

* Victoria - They bring Western Link to standstill and promise more gridlock to come

-- Truckies who brought traffic on the Western Link to a standstill in a pay dispute this morning warned of further gridlock next week... Thousands of outbound motorists were caught up in a peak-hour protest in which about 20 tip-trucks drove side by side at 20 in an 80km/h zone near Moreland Rd... At one stage the trucks took up all four lanes, blocking traffic from overtaking... Police were called to monitor the protesting drivers, but no fines were issued: it is not an offence to drive under the limit unless you obstruct a road... A Victorian truck owner-driver, who asked that his name not to be used, said that after two years of talks over poor pay and conditions, action finally had to be taken... “All we’re trying to do is get a viable wage for us to make a living and for us to maintain our trucks,” he said... 
(Picture: David Smith - Trucks outbound on Western Link near Moreland and Bulla roads stage a protest)   --  Melbourne, VIC, Australia - The Herald Sun, by CHRISTOPHER GILLETT - February 4, 2016

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Feb 3, 2015

* Canada - Truckers will rally in Surrey to protest Port Metro Vancouver licensing changes

* British Columbia - More than 600 drivers lost their jobs due to the changes

-- Hundreds of truckers who have had their licenses taken away by Port Metro Vancouver will be rallying in Surrey this afternoon... The port recently introduced a new licensing process that has resulted in more than 600 drivers losing their jobs... Just over 60 trucking companies are waiting for approval by the port to keep operating... On Wednesday, drivers held a rolling strike along Highway 91 through Vancouver, causing major delays on the highway... Vancouver,BC,CAN -News1130 -January 31, 2015

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Dec 10, 2014

TRUCKERS PROTEST * Canada: Tow truck drivers'

* Ontario - Protesting tow truck drivers descend on Queen’s Park

  Video by StasTowing.
Toronto,ONT,CAN -The City News Toronto, by Sarah-Joyce Battersby and Kalie Stephan -9 Dec 2014: -- Hundreds of tow truck drivers are circling Queen’s Park on Tuesday in protest of the province’s new auto insurance law... The protest was to start during the morning rush hour, but ironically, heavy traffic held the drivers up from arriving at the legislature earlier... An estimated 1,500 tow truck drivers were expected to descend on Queen’s Park... The province says the new auto insurance legislation will regulate the tow truck industry and reduce auto insurance rates... But tow truck drivers are enraged, saying it will actually raise prices putting more restrictions on drivers...

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Sep 9, 2009

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Small business truckers to protest potential California fuel tax hike

Rancho Domínguez,CAL,USA -The Trucker News Services -8 Sept 2009: -- Operators of small trucking companies who are concerned about a proposal they say will double California's excise tax on fuel and will add billions to fuel and transportation costs are planning a protest today at noon at Golden State Logistics here... The Tax Commission later in the week will unveil its recommendations for reforming California's dysfunctional budget and finance system and is expected to propose massive increases in gasoline and diesel taxes, a news release from the group states...

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Jul 9, 2009

TRUCKERS' PROTESTS * Australia - Trucking Association urged to support pay rise

The TWU says some truck drivers are being forced to work dangerously long shifts

Canberra,Australia -ABC News -Jul 8, 2009: -- The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says too many truck drivers are being forced to work dangerously long hours and drive unsafe vehicles... The union is again calling for the trucking industry to increase rates of pay for drivers... Protesters today rallied outside the National Press Club in Canberra during an address by Australian Trucking Association chief executive Stuart St Clair... TWU secretary Tony Sheldon says drivers are being put under too much pressure by transport companies and it is resulting in accidents... (Picture: Transport Workers Union protest outside the National Press Club)

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Apr 18, 2009

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * South Africa - Eskom to meet disgruntled truck owners

About 100 truck owners protested outside the Eskom headquarters at Megawatt Park saying it had reneged on coal transport agreements

Megawatt Park, Sunninghill, Johannesburg,SA -Engineering News -17 April 2009: -- Eskom will meet small business truck owners at the weekend to discuss their complaints about coal transport contracts, an official said on Friday... Eskom spokesman Fani Zulu said the electricity utility considered coal transporters as "important partners".
About 100 truck owners protested outside the Eskom headquarters at Megawatt Park in Sunninghill, Johannesburg on Friday, saying it had reneged on coal transport agreements in favour of big companies... Teboho Joala, chairman of the Coal Transporters' Forum, said the contracted coal movers -- all small and black-owned businesses -- had bought the trucks based on the contracts they signed with Eskom from 2004 onwards... But problems started escalating in September last year, when bigger companies started getting most of the work, said protesters...

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Dec 10, 2008

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * Canada - Against speed limiters in Ontario

ONT,CAN - Land Line Magazine (USA) -December 8, 2008: -- Small-business truckers in Ontario don’t plan on taking a government mandate for speed limiters lying down. A protest in the works is to take place Dec. 19... Owner-operator Scott Mooney of Cambridge, Ontario, is organizing the protest to produce more dialogue with government officials about what such a mandate will do to interprovincial and cross-border trucking...

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Sep 25, 2008

Protesting Truck Drivers * USA - Get Trucks Impounded

Truckers who came to the capital this week to protest high fuel prices suffered a setback when their vehicles were impounded

Landover Hills,MD,USA -ABC 7 News/The Washington Times -September 25, 2008: -- ... The towing company demanded $2,000 for their return. The drivers are members of Truckers and Citizens United, a group that claims to represent the interests of thousands of trucking employees and drivers... Trucker Steve Link drove roughly 700 miles from Michigan to attend the rally Tuesday. He says the group found two trailers and a tractor-trailer missing from outside their motel on Wednesday morning... They had planned to return to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers. Truckers say they were told at the motel that they could park at a shopping center near the motel. They say they didn't see a small no-parking sign...

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Sep 22, 2008

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Truckers and Citizens United to Hold Massive Convoy On Capitol Hill

Ask Congress & Pres. Bush to address gas prices caused by record-high gas prices and curb rampant oil speculation

Washington,DC,USA -Market Watch -Sept 22, 2008: -- Truckers and Citizens United (TACU), a nationwide organization that represents the interests of thousands of professional drivers and trucking employees, is gearing up for a massive convoy around Capitol Hill on Tuesday, September 23rd, to ask Congress and President George W. Bush to back energy legislation that would make gas prices more affordable. The convoy, which could slow traffic in the nation's capital for hours, will start at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, and travel to downtown Washington, DC, where it will parade around the U.S. Capitol by mid-morning. The group wants Congress and the President to pass and sign energy legislation before Congress adjourns that would address the hardships caused by record-high gas prices and curb rampant oil speculation. Hundreds of truckers are expected to participate in the event, with drivers bringing their rigs from New York, West Virginia, Maine, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Arizona, and Texas... The truckers are calling for legislation to reduce high gas prices that are severely hurting the trucking industry and legislative reforms that will stop excessive oil speculation. Specifically, the truckers are asking Congress to close loopholes that allow speculators to manipulate oil prices without ever planning to take delivery of the oil, as well as lift some of the bans on offshore drilling, and allow smaller refineries to be built around the Gulf region...

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Sep 1, 2008

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Permit, route approved for RNC protest

The truckers are coming


St. Paul ,MIN,USA -The Minnesota Independent, by Paul Schmelzer -31 Aug 2008: -- As we’ve reported before, a convoy of semi-trucks is en route to St. Paul to bring a protest about high fuel costs to the Republican National Convention... Just after midnight this morning, the truckers, led by brothers J.B. and Frederick Schaffner of The American Driver, got their parade permit approved...On Sept. 2, several hundred truck-and-trailer rigs will make a clockwise loop through St. Paul, crossing the Smith Street High Bridge and heading west across Grand, north on Dale and east on University to the Capitol area. The ride starts at 10 at an Inver Grove Heights truck stop. At 4 p.m., they’ll join the March for Our Lives, a protest organized by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign...

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Jul 3, 2008

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * New Zealand - Gridlock feared ahead of protest

Leave for work early or take the day off is the advice for commuters on Friday

Auckland,New Zealand -TVNZ -Jul 3, 2008: -- Truck drivers plan to invade central city roads from 7am claiming they will struggle to pay increased road user charges... The protest by the truck drivers is expected to bring traffic in many parts of the country to a standstill, with police warning motorists to either get to work before 7.30am or take the day off... Truckies say a surprise hike in road user charges two days ago was the last straw. The increase of between 7% and 10% has been imposed to help with the damage large trucks do to the country's roads... And transport operators say the increase in cost may be passed on to consumers with the freight business getting more and more expensive and the government's increases on Road User Charges doing nothing to ease the pressure... Auckland will be the worst affected of all the cities where the protests are planned as at least 2000 truckies hit the motorway and head toward the town hall... Organisers say drivers will try to stick to the left lane only during the protests... They will lose a day's profit but trucking companies say public support for drivers has been phenomenal... Friday's protest will be the first time trucking companies have taken national action... The protest is expected to end around 9:00am but the backlog caused may take some time to clear...


* Police advising commuters to leave cars at home tomorrow during truck blockades planned for major centres

Auckland,NZ -nztaxiblog -July 3, 2008: -- Police are advising commuters to leave their cars at home tomorrow, or consider taking the day off, during the truck blockade planned for major centres.. The protests against a sudden increase in road-user charges on diesel vehicles are expected to hit Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and other cities between 7am and 10am tomorrow...

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Jun 20, 2008

TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Lawmakers express support in New York capital

Convoy's Happy end ... ???

Albany,NY,USA -Land Line Magazine, By Clarissa Kell- Holland, -June 19, 2008: -- Truckers in New York – fed up with high fuel prices, increasing toll costs and other taxes – proved on Thursday, June 19, that grassroots actions to wake up lawmakers and the media can work... On Thursday, more than 150 truckers converged on Albany, NY, where they rallied in front of the statehouse. Many New York lawmakers, including New York Gov. David Paterson, addressed the protestors. Paterson recently announced a plan – widely unpopular among truckers – to keep heavy trucks off certain roads in upstate New York... On the topic of fuel costs, Paterson said he would support a summer fuel tax holiday only if fuel companies promise to pass the savings on to consumers. But he said more needs to be done as well...For Bill Sutton, a flatbedder from Batavia, NY, said the convoy and rally in Albany was an “experience of a lifetime... Sutton said he happened to be in the right place at the right time after the rally. New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who spoke at the rally, talked to truckers afterward about some of the issues that led them to convoy to Albany... Sutton said Bruno is no stranger to the trucking world. Bruno told him his first job was delivering ice in a straight truck...

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Jun 19, 2008

TRUCKERS' PROTEST WORLDWIDE

* USA - Convoy to Albany to protest fuel prices

More than 100 truck drivers are taking part in a noisy downtown Albany rally to demonstrate against skyrocketing fuel prices that are staggering their industry

New York,NY,USA -CBS6 Albany/Associated Press -June 19, 2008: -- ... About 110 tractor-trailer cabs, dump trucks and flatbeds jammed streets around the state Capitol building before a rally in an adjacent park... Truckers were blaring their horns before parking near another park blocks away from the rally site... Gov. David Paterson told the crowd he'd support a summer gasoline tax "holiday" if fuel companies promise to pass the savings on to consumers and he urged the truckers to take their protest to the headquarters of big oil companies...The drivers gathered at truck stops in Washington and Montgomery counties before convoying to Albany Thursday morning...


* Israel - Truck drivers protest fuel prices, clog main T.A. artery

Tel Aviv,Israel -Haaretz, by Avi Bar-Eli -19 June 2008: -- The protest against the climbing fuel prices came to a head Thursday as hundreds of truck drivers, taxi drivers and bus drivers came together to demonstrate their criticism of the state's apparent indifference to the pressing problem... At 2 P.M. convoys of vehicles left from Ashdod, Jerusalem and Haifa, making their way toward Tel Aviv in efforts to converge in Tel Aviv and clog the city's main artery, Ayalon highway, between 3:30 and 5:00 P.M... The police was holding the convoys off, but severe congestion was recorded in sections of the highway... A board spokesman said that when the diesel tax was set in 1999 it comprised nine percent of the transportation input, but has since soared to 40 percent. Diesel prices have risen since 2002 by 460 percent, he said... About two weeks ago Finance Minister Roni Bar-On said that the treasury would not reduce fuel taxes, infuriating the transporters and haulers. A member of the transporters' action committee said: "Treasury officials are obtuse and impervious. Apparently they'll take action only after the entire country is boiling and seething, as has happened in certain European states."...

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May 7, 2008

PROTESTING FUEL PRICES * USA - Truckers to rally May 10

A trucking firm owner and operator has called for a town hall meeting of fellow big-rig drivers for this Saturday, May 10.

New Port Richey,FL,USA -The Tampa Tribune (Tampa,FL), by Carl Orth -May 7, 2008: -- They're mad as heck and they're not going to take it anymore... Robert Solfio of Big Tiger Trucking hopes several hundred truck drivers will attend the event. It will take place starting at 4 p.m. on the River Ridge High School campus... State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, is scheduled to attend, Solfio said... Matt Ubben, vice president of the Florida Trucking Association, and David Mica, executive director of the Florida Petroleum Council, plan to be there, too, he said. Invitations have gone out to Gov. Charlie Crist and U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite... A rally of truckers in Washington, D.C. is planned for next week with about 5,000 trucks circling the Capitol, Solfio said. He wants truckers in the Tampa Bay area to protest as well...

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