A grassroots effort is growing among independent truckers to go on "strike" April 1 to protest rising fuel costs. (Click here to read the story.)
Personally, I think any truckers that do strike would simply be cutting off their nose to spite their face. The only ones that would be hurt would be the drivers that decide to stay off the road because: 1) they WILL lose money if they sit still, and 2) there will ALWAYS be truckers and trucking companies out there to take up any slack. Plus, if all the good drivers stay home the only people left to haul freight are the bottom feeders - and the shippers will use them because they've GOT to move their stuff. As a result, rates go down and when the strikers end up coming back, they'll be worse off than before.
The proper response to ungodly prices is to reduce consumption and thus reduce exposure to the high prices. There are certain companies and drivers unwilling to do that, and the economy will destroy them. Those that do what it takes to cut costs will survive and be in a position to really make a killing when the economy turns around.
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Professional drivers are asking American citizens to participate in the "National Shut-Down"
This is an issue effecting all of us and we MUST take a stand NOW. Our government IS a major contributing factor in the outrageous price of fuel...we must take this action to get their attention. All other avenues has only fallen on deaf ears - our government is ignoring the will, and needs, of the American people.
www.theamericandriver.com/files/truckers2unite.html
www.uscattlehaulers.com
www.thetruckingindustry.net/strike.html
www.truckdriversunited.com/truck_stop_talk.htm
www.thetruckersvoice.net/
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