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Mar 31, 2008

AGAINST TRUCKERS' STRIKE * USA - Truckers strike may be rumor

April foolin’?

Daleville,IN,USA -The Anderson Herald Bulletin (Anderson,IN), by Barrett Newkirk -30 Mar 2008: -- It could bring the county to a standstill: thousands of truckers parking their rigs on the nation’s highways for hours Tuesday in protest of escalating diesel fuel costs... But recent rumors of such a work stoppage — on April Fools Day — may not pan out into a widespread transportation shutdown, according to many in the trucking industry... Michael Oriakhi, an independent truck driver from Indianapolis refueling at the Pilot Truck Center Friday on his way to Michigan, said he has heard about a possible strike, but he did not know anyone who planned to participate... “It may be a lot of talk,” he said... Kevin Cheshier works in customer relations for Cheshier Leasing LLC, an Anderson trucking company. He said talk of a strike was constantly circulating among drivers, and while he doubts that anything happens Tuesday, as diesel costs continue to rise, so does the chance for a strike... “Before it was at a stage where you could manage it, but now it’s getting ridiculous,” he said. “It’s kind of a scary deal.”... (Photo by Don Knight / The Herald Bulletin - Mike Ramos fuels his truck Friday at the Pilot Truck Stop in Daleville. There are rumors of a truck driver strike April 1st to protest the high cost of diesel. Ramos said he'd heard similar rumors many times before and didn't think it would actually happen)


* Trucker's Strike for April 1st: Truck Drivers to Strike in Protest

Apache Junction,AZ,USA -The National Ledger, by Jeff Freeland -Mar 31, 2008: -- ... And keep this in mind, with each day off, that's a day where the independent trucker makes nothing. We will all just have to wait and see what happens on Tuesday to see what impact it might have...


* Arkansas trucking lobby not supportive of April 1 strike

Little Rock,AR,USA -The Trucker News Services -31 Mar 2008: -- The Arkansas Trucking Association doesn’t support a strike by independent truckers reported to occur on April 1, the organization said today... “Our organization’s board of directors does not endorse any action that might disrupt the delivery of freight or harm the U.S. economy,” said Lane Kidd, president of the association. “Everyone is frustrated over record-high fuel prices but a strike is not a way to solve the problem.” ...

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Mar 29, 2008

AGAINST TRUCKERS' STRIKE * USA - The American Trucking Associations is not supporting the strike

Newton,MA,USA -Logistics Management -28 Mar 2008: -- ... While it asked the White House to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, said Clayton Boyce, ATA vice president of public affairs and press secretary, “We would not participate in or condone any strike... it is hurting the wrong people and would not accomplish what they want to accomplish. We are taking a different tact in fighting the high price of diesel.”...

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Mar 28, 2008

AGAINST TRUCKERS' STRIKE * USA

* Shutdown talk heats up; OOIDA flooded with calls

Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Coral Beach -27 Mar 2008: -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific the price of diesel is topping $4 a gallon, and truckers across the country are running not only out of money, but also out of patience... Talk of American truckers possibly staging a shutdown is being reported around the world. In France, Agence France-Presse picked up a news story out of Indiana about how truckers in that Midwestern state are comparing the current fuel crisis to the early 1970s... Jim Johnston, OOIDA’s president and CEO and one of its founders, also remembers the desperate days of the 1970s. He said today that even though federal law prohibits OOIDA from calling for a strike because it is a trade association, OOIDA will always do its best to represent the interest of its members whether they are running or shutdown because of a lack of compensating revenue... With the economic situation is expected to take some time to resolve, OOIDA is encouraging its members and other individual truckers to take every action they can to take control of their individual business operations to ensure their futures... Johnston said that he and OOIDA staff are upset and frustrated and active on this issue...


* Small-business trucker understands frustration, but won’t join shutdown

Siloam Springs,AR,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Clarissa Kell-Holland -March 27, 2008: -- ... Carol Edwards of Brookhaven Transportation Inc. she said, “everyone she knows” is talking about the shutdown, Edwards said none of the truckers she personally knows are going to participate... She and her husband, Steve, who are both OOIDA members, have been involved in the trucking industry since 1980. They live in Siloam Springs, AR. Steve drives, and the Edwards also have four owner-operators leased to them. The reason Edwards said her husband’s not participating is because he doesn’t think it will work...

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