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Updated: 1:28 AM Mar 31, 2008
Truck Drivers May Strike
High diesel prices may force truck drivers to take action Some truck drivers say a nationwide strike could be held on April 1 or April 3 against soaring diesel prices. Posted: 6:31 PM Mar 30, 2008Reporter: Tiffany Tiffany Email Address: Tiffany.Teasley@wilx.com |
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cont;The reason I left OTR in the first place was the price of fuel.I could see how it would effect the price of most goods.therefore people would buy less and the demand for trucking would drop.I could already see less trucks on the road.
I just recently left a company as an over the road driver(48 states).For a job driving tanker in the oil industry.It looks like my timing was good.The contacts I have with the company I left says that there is not enough frieght to go around.
Read comments about the Truckers going on strike. I just want to let them know most of us Americans are for them to strike. We the people know we are all going to have to make sacrafices for a while but we are willing to do that. The fuel prices are really hurting the middle class and the minimum wage workers. I am willing to make sacrafices for most of us won't be able to afford groceries for our families if fuel keeps rising. You will find there is alot of People out there that will stand up and behind you Truckers all the way. WHATEVER IT TAKES
WHEN ARE THE TRUCKERS GOING TO SAY " IT'S ENOUGH". ON MAY 16TH SHUT DOWN YOUR TRUCK FOR 24 HOURS. IF ***EVERYONE*** DOES THIS THE COUNTRY WILL BE TIED UP ***ONLY THEN WILL CONGRESS WILL TAKE ACTION*** DONT BE SHEEP LED TO THE SLAUGHTER BUT ACT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
EXAMPLE An average Independant driver makes $1.00 a mile and lets say you get 5 miles to the gallion. PEOPLE WAKE UP how you gonna make a truck payment!!!!
GO FOR IT!! I say we need a wake up call to this rising problem of fuel increases. It is time for AMERICANS to stand up and tell em we arent gonna take it anymore!! I support the Truck Drivers and wish more of us could strike along with them. If everyone didnt go to work ONE day, it would put a halt on many things. Not to mention it would save gas. GET ER DONE!!
I was a company driver and an owner operater for almost 10 years. I think the truckers should just take their trucks home and park them for a week. Alot of people dont relise that everything that is in your home food,clothing and everything else is brought in by truckers.I know its kind of hard for the company drivers to do, but the owner operaters. How are they supposed to feed and take care of their familys, let alone keep repairs up on the trucks and taxes and insurance let alone a 1000.00 a month truck payment? I say park them for a week and see what happens. God Bless the truckers. Without them we wouldnt have anything
A CALL TO FELLOW TRUCKERS The Trucking Industry and truck drivers have always been one of the main elements of contemporary American culture and folklore. These manly guys, hard working and proud of their country and their work, were always American heroes. Even TV shows like Route 66, countless Hollywood movies, and books like “On the Road” showed professional trucker drivers as positive figures making up the fabric of American daily life. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) states that there were about 390,000 independent truckers in America (see http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2008/042208_Trucking_takes_hit.htm ). There were ! In the first quarter of 2008, there are 42,000 fewer independent truckers. These 42,000 were destroyed by the continuously increasing price of fuel, primarily diesel. Calculate, just how few quarters it will take to destroy all of them ! What do these people have left to be proud of ? They worked hard all of
truckers need to stop driving for a month and shut U.S. commerce down!! then maybe we wil see some action.
I don't understand how these truckers are not making any money? Transportation is one of the top gainers in the stock market posting record profits. Trucking companies are charging 35% fuel surcharge on top of their normal rate. So yes fuel is high but they are certainly not taking the hit. They are passing the cost along to whoever is hiring them to haul the load. You can't do anything about the gas prices
This is for the person who thinks he will pay more it truckers get a pay hike for fuel. You wont have to worry about paying more. Without trucks you wont have anything to buy,anything to spend your money on. Things you buy don't grow in the stores, they get there by truck. I paid $5000 more for fuel the first quarter of this year than the first quarter of last year. I can hardly pay my bills. I wish I made $7.25 an hour for all the time I'm away from my family while you're home with yours enjoying the things I delivered to the store for you. Small trucking companies deliver most of the freight. We get paid less than most factory workers but someone has to deliver your TP. We by shuting down are trying to help your prices at the store. We don't want a raise we want the fuel to go down. I get paid the same rate per mile as when the price of fuel was $1.30 per gallon.
There will be no strike, no boycott, or anything. Truckers know that they can never repalce the lost revenue and cannot stop hauling for even a day. If they do, you can bet the companies that hire them will look elsewhere as quickly as possilbe. It is unfortuante that fuel prices are so high, but htings are expensive for everyone. What about the $7.25 wage earners who have to drive to work 30 miles each way? Truckers need to slow down to save fuel and perhaps the load limits should be reduced to lighten the trucks up for more fuel savings. Goodluck to them, but in the end if you support the truckers strike we will all be paying higher prices.
watch the gov step i and try to stop this.will cause to much lost profit for them.we all need to just stop buying gas,oil products in general.the usa people need to take control and get out of this we have no control or no say in things.these gas prices are hurting everything and so many peolles lives.so yes prices are out of control and the greedy ones just need to stop killinf america.we do not need no civil war here in the states,against the rich and poor.people need to wake up and get so many prices down to let people live,eat,buy stuff,including homes and autos.it will cause many bussiness to close or leave the states.is that what we want.the high prices are a serious matter.they will continue to ruin the usa.we are kept in the dark about the real truths of oil prices,so not to panic,and so many can get so rich.we are in a mess from H***,and something has to be done.what it is costing for the wars could create how many new jobs?we're doomed enless theres changes.
all fuel prices should drop not just deisel
Down here it doesn't appear anyone is on strike and they're going just as fast as ever, and there is no lower speed limit for trucks here. And isn't there a point where taxation has far exceeded representation?