Poll: Truckers Strike - When Will Truckers Stand Together? IF Ever?

[WiseOne]

Please take this poll about a truckers' strike. I have been seeing a LOT of talk about such and even other truckers forums are spamming their members about a strike (really just to get them on their forum). I want to know the REAL sentiment out there amongst ALL, not just truckers! I won't spam you like other forums, just take this poll in here and we'll see what happens.

What are your thoughts on a strike? Best ways to do it? Park trucks? Block freeways? Block other truckers? Use FORCE on truckers breaking strike? Block truck stops? Fight National Guard? Peacefully park trucks and don't move? Force a nationwide blockage? The ATA: American Trucking Association...BS (bunch of ######## to me are wanting speed limiters on trucks as a way to get the price down, they are NOT for truckers)! Are you willing to sacrifice for what you DEMAND? Is your family willing to sacrifice for a trucker strike? Do you have the NERVE to actually stand together and DO something instead of flap your gums? Let us hear what YOU think!

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[semi-nutz]

Well put! Perhaps you may lead. I don't see any "wise one"s that can rally the troops yet. If I breakdown in a lane coincidentally along side you, I'll pay the tow bill.

[WiseOne]

Originally Posted by semi-nutz

Well put! Perhaps you may lead. I don't see any "wise one"s that can rally the troops yet. If I breakdown in a lane coincidentally along side you, I'll pay the tow bill.

Actually I have NEVER supported a trucker strike before. BUT, this is getting bad now and I am just testing the waters to see where ALL want to go BEFORE I say I support one. OOIDA, ATA, Teamsters and the like are beholden to D.C. and will NOT be with you, you can bet on that. During the 70's, truckers had GUTS and did what they had to do. Truckers these days are scared little puppies...that's the problem. There were REAL men back then...now I don't see that. I NEVER do anything half-#####, and won't start now.

[Brickman]

Violence is not the answer. Neither is blocking roads, fuel pumps etc. Those are all union tactics. Nothing that myself or any of my friends think much of.


A peaceful but vocal parking of the rigs is good. Put banners on your truck and park it where folks will see it and maybe ask questions. Rest areas, pull offs, truck stop parking lots, etc.

[WiseOne]

I agree, Brickman, IF I supported one...that would be the way to go. We MUST have the public involved AND with us! PLUS, there costs of food, etc., will go down as well! So, they might be patient for a little bit...

[prisonerofthehwy]

I've never really supported a strike before either, and a few months back when diesel was still high at around $2.89 a gallon, I saw some posts concerning a call to strike, and I thought of it as a joke. I knew then that fuel was way to pricey, but a strike still seemed like a bit much.
Now everywhere I look I see diesel at over $4.00 a gallon.
I know longer think it's a wild idea. I now want a strike, and I want to be part of it in whatever capacity that I can be. I can't park my truck, because I haven't had one since Feb. 22nd last year, when I quit Swift.
I don't know exactly how to go about rallying everyone, but I would like to do that.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT DIESEL SHOULD BE SO HIGH! I've been considering trying to go back into trucking only this time, I was going to try out leasing a straight truck. I figured they usually pay a little more, and you got less headache, and more mpg. But what does mpg matter when you're paying over $4.00 a gallon?! It's not even summer time yet, so I figure that's nothing compared to what we're going to see.
We could tap into the teapot dome, but the reserves can't last that long. Initially that's what I wanted the goverment to do. Know I just want them to get off there sorry #####, and stop the monopolies that the large oil companies hold. Rockefeller had a similiar monopoly about a century ago. What alot of people don't know unless they're history buffs, is that his competition got killed off conviently, and alot of the competitors oil wells, ended up catching fire.
They're doing the same to us now, only where not the competitor, we are the customers. They're killing off our businesses, and catching our credit on fire, until we are burned, and sullen, and ready to file chapter 7.
Exxon Mobile has been making record high gas profits for several years now, and in the billions. What does that tell you? Hell, we even haul the fuel, that's going for over $4.00 a gallon. If we get enough people to go on strike, and hopefully some tankers that haul fuel, then maybe we can get the point across. Maybe then, the goverment will actually intervene, and do something about this price gauging, and the monopolies that these big oil companies hold as of now.
Let's unite guys, and get this thing done.
It's either strike now, or watch the O/O's and Lease Operators continue to go under. The larger companies are already feeling the pinch, so that means, company drivers are going to be fewer wouldn't you say? So ALL trucking jobs are at stake, until something get's done, or until freight sky rockets beyond control, and you're buying a pack of Charmin for over $20, a can of coke for $2 etc.
I don't think I am exagerrating or over guessing. I am no expert at the micro or macro economics, but I do know, that it's going to effect both.
So, it's up to US, each and everyone of US, to get our ##### in gear, and do something about it, and to start organizing NOW!

[prisonerofthehwy]

Originally Posted by Brickman

Violence is not the answer. Neither is blocking roads, fuel pumps etc. Those are all union tactics. Nothing that myself or any of my friends think much of.


A peaceful but vocal parking of the rigs is good. Put banners on your truck and park it where folks will see it and maybe ask questions. Rest areas, pull offs, truck stop parking lots, etc.

Brickman, that's a very good and valid point. Without banners, the strikers are merely going to look like just another truck sitting waiting for another load. People won't know any difference, unless we make it evident.

[Brickman]

The gross over inflation of the price of fuel is going to further increase inflation across the board.

Prisoner you are correct in your assumptions that prices of consumer goods are going up. I don't know how high, but they are going up.

[WiseOne]

With over $3/gallon diesel...EVERYTHING will have to go up, it's simple. Milk will go to $7 per gallon and on and on. UNLESS truckers can bring down the diesel prices. So, the general public WILL benefit from a trucker strike. What we would have to be careful with is grocery store shelves...IF a mother cannot find food on the shelf for her little ankle-biter, she is not going to be a happy camper...and instead of blaming it on the government and oil companies, she will take it out on truckers as they are much more of an easy target. A trucker strike CANNOT and WILL NOT work without the public on your side! Do it wrong, and it would be a disaster.

[bullhaulerswife]

I agree with everything stated here.

Brick, your totally correct, violence isn't the answer. A peaceful demonstration will get the word out much better than blocking services and hwys.

Wise, you too are correct. We need the general public behind us. And our signs need to reflect that. If we just post about freight rates and fuel, they will not understand the impact. But if we project that we are attempting to keep consumer goods from over inflating, then I think that they will understand and back us.

The news has been doing a good job of making a point to the public that the cost is passed on directly to THEM. But more people need to know. More people need to understand that trucking in this country, is the post that all the cogs run on.