strike would be illegal under patriot act

I was going to agree with the majority of posts, but I didn't want Bumpy to be right.

I would strike if I thought it would work, but it won't. Too many drivers are paycheck to paycheck and/or too belli... canta... er, independent to strike at the same time. I do, however, run completely legal and tell my dispatcher when I just can't get it there on time. Shipper doesn't like it? Ship it with someone else who may or may not arrive at all.

Darnit. I may have agreed with Bumpy anyway.

 

Ok we wont strike everyone take a two week vacation at the same time
P.S. Company drivers get a stomach virus, diarrhea must have caught it at the truckstops

 

the problem I see, is every trucking co. would have to strike (take a 4 day vaca.) at the same time, move no product, no matter what it might be, food, fuel, anything, I seriously dout the large co. will be in favor of doing this, and In my belief, the only way it would work is if all complied.

 

I would go as far as saying i know 100% the large companies wont do it. Them CEO's dont like prison

 

Even though,many should be there.

 

Kinda came close in the winter of 09. That Blizzard shut down the NE. It took days to get things back to running.

Unfortunately it didn't really do anything.

So any truck strike would have to be worse than that.

 

I remember that. I was stuck about 20 miles outside Norfolk on top of hill with five other trucks parked in the middle of the road. We got a report of a jacknife on the next hill, so we all stopped. About four hours later here come a snow plow behind us. He turned around right behind us and went the other way. SO a B We were parked on the county line, lol. A snow plow come the next day and I still made delivery on time with 3 minutes to spare. A bunch spun out and went in the ditch and stuff.

 

We don't need to get every truck driver together to strike. All we need to do is get all the TANKER drivers on strike. The ones who deliver the fuel to the truck stops! When they strike, we ALL strike.

 

I have been saying that for years. The problem with tanker drivers going on strike is that most of them work for the truck stop chain, such as Pilot or Flying J. Without fuel, no one moves. I would expect that if those drivers went on strike they would find themselves without a job. In addition, these drivers don't have a vested interest in going on strike. The work for a company. It doesn't take money out of their pocket whether fuel is $1/gallon or $10/gallon. Their employer makes more money the higher fuel costs go. If these truck stops used owner operators to deliver their fuel then it could be a different situation. The owner operators would have a vested interest in keeping fuel costs lower. If the cost of fuel goes up then they will need to raise their prices to deliver or take the hit on their profits.

The problem could be solved very easily. Owner operators and carriers can refuse to haul cheap freight. Problem solved.