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But the protests were scattered because major trucking companies were not on board and there did not appear to be any central coordination. Truckers angry about the high price of fuel staged a rolling protest on Tuesday, using their big rigs to slow traffic to a crawl on the New Jersey Turnpike. The protest [...]
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Quite a few drivers are off the job now, and they have been talking about and debating the strike for weeks. Some drivers may be off the road for days, some may just drive slowly to hinder traffic and gain attention, and another effort may be launched for May 1st. I’ll have some more info [...]
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There are about 500,000 independent drivers nationwide. But its hard to say how many drivers will actually join in this loosely organized shut-down and turn off their engines for a whole week. Filling the gas tanks of a big rig can cost as much as $1,000, about $300 more than it cost this time last [...]
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Accounts vary across Internet forums, but most pin the start of the strike to April 1 or April 3. In Tampa, the port is the most likely place where the effects of a strike would be felt, if it happens, said Thad Pennland, VP of Cypress Truck Lines Inc. In Jacksonville. You might have some [...]
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We just returned from MATS - the Mid-America Trucking Show - in Louisville, Kentucky where anyone who’s anyone in the trucking industry displays their new wares or peddles their services. Before getting the gig on Sirius I never truly considered all that trucking means to this country. I’ve always enjoyed truck driving songs (the more [...]
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We just returned from MATS - the Mid-America Trucking Show - in Louisville, Kentucky where anyone who’s anyone in the trucking industry displays their new wares or peddles their services. Before getting the gig on Sirius I never truly considered all that trucking means to this country. I’ve always enjoyed truck driving songs (the more [...]
Symmary:
There are about 500,000 independent drivers nationwide. But its hard to say how many drivers will actually join in this loosely organized shut-down and turn off their engines for a whole week. Filling the gas tanks of a big rig can cost as much as $1,000, about $300 more than it cost this time last [...]
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Friday, March 28, 2008 Trucker Strike Coming? It would be a wonderful thing to see. But so far, nobody has been able to settle on a date for pulling the big rigs off the road. “If they were to shut down (trucking) for a couple days they’d give us a blank check.” Benjamin Cooper, 77, [...]
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So much so that several truck driver’s will voluntarily take their rigs off the road on April 1st in what has been billed as a trucker’s strike. I hate to say it, but the way things are looking, the way goods are moved around this country might be in for a change. Can you say [...]
Symmary:
We just returned from MATS - the Mid-America Trucking Show - in Louisville, Kentucky where anyone who’s anyone in the trucking industry displays their new wares or peddles their services. Before getting the gig on Sirius I never truly considered all that trucking means to this country. I’ve always enjoyed truck driving songs (the more [...]
Symmary:
Accounts vary across Internet forums, but most pin the start of the strike to April 1 or April 3. In Tampa, the port is the most likely place where the effects of a strike would be felt, if it happens, said Thad Pennland, VP of Cypress Truck Lines Inc. In Jacksonville. You might have some [...]