Shutdown talk heats up; OOIDA flooded with calls - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Cybergal · **^ Top** #1 03.27.2008

Shutdown talk heats up; OOIDA flooded with calls
3/27/08

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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.

Calls and e-mails to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have been increasing as mainstream media outlets have picked up and reported numerous rumors about possible strikes and temporary shutdowns. In fact, OOIDA operators who normally handle about 11,500 calls every week have talked to hundreds more truckers during the past two weeks than usual.

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.

“Even back in the 1970s, when we saw nearly 100 percent of truckers participating in strikes, it did not lower fuel prices,” Johnston said. “Short-term relief from the situation then was the result of a temporary implementation of a mandatory fuel surcharge.
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danc694u · **^ Top** #2 03.27.2008

So again, we will wait while the "representatives" sit on their hands..waiting on a welfare (read Government) fix.

And AGAIN, like the 70's it will be a temporary fix.

Anyone seeing any benefit from their membership dues? Really?

Lead, follow, or get the #### out of the way.

April 1st will pass like any other fool's day. A pimple on the butt of life, that needs pricking. April 2nd, will see business as usual. For that matter, so will April 1st.

A battle during war, is calculated by the number of men on the field. You want to totally dominate the otherside.

O/O's are outnumbered by the "company" drivers so badly. Companies will not even feel a prick....pimple gone.

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