Posts Tagged ‘trucker strike april 2008’

Poll - Truckers’ Strike

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Symmary:
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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Poll - Truckers’ Strike

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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Trucker Strike On April 1? Or April 3? Or Not At All?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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Trucker Strike Update

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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Poll - Truckers’ Strike

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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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Trucker Strike 2008

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Symmary:
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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Trucker Strike Update

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Symmary:
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 [...]

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Trucker Strike Update

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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Poll - Truckers’ Strike

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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