Standing Strong Together

[TX_Proud]

Originally Posted by Matthews

After CALLING OOIDA, They will NOT send us / me or anyone on a truck shut down. I talked to a gal and informed her about what we as a trucking nation is planning.

I have no idea what you just said.

WHOS ROLLING WITH ME TO PA, TUES!!!!!!

I thought you were shutting down on Tuesday??????

[dazysnow]

As a company driver......well, I'm home on medical anyway, but the company driver is not in a position to refuse to haul a load. The load assignment comes in on the qualcomm and you go pick it up or.........else. Maybe you can Tcall it if your hours won't let you deliver or something, but the load gets through.

To hear drivers cuss eachother at a truck stop, any given stop, I kind of wonder about unity to pull off a strike, but I worry about such a strike spilling onto the company drivers who aren't in a position to participate.

[mich_white_tiger]

You have the greatest tool in the world hanging right in front of you as you drive down the road...Your mic...Sirius Radio announced this week that internet podcasting is the next generation of C>B> radio...it is truly citizens radio...If you check podcast sites like podbean for sites that mention trucking or truck stops...you might be surprised what you will find out there...there are a lot of John Q Citizen's out there just wondering what they can do about the whole mess......

[mich_white_tiger]

All the drivers I have talked to have heard April 1...to send the FOOL's in Washington a message...Make sense to you...That is the date I have been passing on to my customers...

[fatcathp]

check out the non support of OOIDA. I took this from the tampabay buissness journal. OOIDA SPOKES PERSON . Norita Taylor, a spokeswoman. Threats of strikes among independent truckers are relatively common but usually twist in the wind and fail to materialize, Taylor said.

[killroy]

As a member of OOIDA, I dont think it would be able to back a strike and still have any credit in Washington. As far as Cheep loads, if everyone would stick together and not haul the cheep Broker loads then after a week or so they would HAVE TO start paying more to get the loads moved. I will not haul them, they are back hauls for me, I will and do dead head home before I will let some Clown give me a load that only pays
$1.00 per mile. Right now I am getting a 28% fsc. and buy slowing down to 63mph I am making money on it. But like I said above if I can not find a back haul that will pay $1.50 or more their is no profit in it so why load it?
It is better to just get my tail back home and load something that pays over $2.00 per mile plus the fsc. What we need to do is go on strike against the brokers not the customers that keep us in Business.

[OneTruckinDarkAngel]

Originally Posted by Sergeant-Scream

I am sure they need us however. Whatever means to get trucks wanting to move freight, they should chip in and help. Without us there is no them!!

Very well said...without the truckers their is no them! I like that pic, you should be the leader of the trucker strike with that pic!!!

[OneTruckinDarkAngel]

Originally Posted by Matthews

Its only going to take a WILD HAIR in my rear and I'll pull it over!

WHO's COMING TO THE SHOULDER WITH ME????????????


LETS DO THIS!!!

AND LETS DO THIS NOW BOYZ!
Next WEEK!
Fuel is supposed to go up again .5 - .15 CPG!
It wont Matter Much if we pull enough TRUCKS over 10-4!

What about us women truckers that would like to pull over our trucks with the Boyz!!!

[soon2betrucking]

Im not a truck driver yet, recent grad here, but i agree with everything that is being said here, and if on the 1st there is a strike/shutdown, ill be right behind any trucks in my area sitting along with them in support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my dreams of hopefuly opening a truckin company is rapidly becoming a fairytale!!!!

[TX_Proud]

I will not have my trucks running on April 1 to show support of the protest. Worked it out so that they will be empty by Tuesday AM and they will not reload until Wednesday.