It's Time for a Week Off

And how many people that read this can go a week without a paycheck ? Not many....
That's why a shutdown, strike or week off has not happened... remember May 08 ? There were 3 of us,at the truckstop...... only 3 and no one else i knew sat elsewhere.... they drove and "wished they could" for that one day. So who could last a week ? or even 3 days ? Maybe someone that has house, car, child support payments finished. Most have 1 or all three to cover and will continue to have payments on much of their life.

 

What happened on May 08?

 

If God forbid, I were to get laid off or terminated from my job, would have about six months worth of income. to live off of. I am currently trying to build that to a years worth, it is quite difficult.

 

We the truck drivers are the backbone of any countries economy, we are also what moves money in any economy. Think of all money transactions we are linked to just by doing what we do. I think a rally on Washington DC's lawn for ONE day would say the same thing, if not more, than taking a week off.

 

I think that the facts are a bit off, these three companies were never the backbone of the country, Toyota, Honda and others are. While many of us will never reach the benefit of working at one of these three companies or make what they make (which is a lot more than $34 an hour - try $80 with all the benefits), we have two important obstacles to overcome, the first is we are too fractured in this industry to think about a unified action, and the other is too many have differing opinions on how to solve these issues.

 

Okay I'll chime in here. Were talking about a shutdown right? Right! Well you're never going to get all the drivers to shutdown because we can't afford it right? Right! So here's how you get every truck in america to stop for your week. Hack the credit card, and fuel card system. Shut that down for 7 days and all hell breaks loose. Wipe everything temoprarily. No fuel cards work nobdoys gonna fuel. Yes you have a few that still pay cash or write a check but that would take 98% of trucks off the road. That would be the most effective way to shut everything down. I knew what are the truck stops going to do just start giving away diesel? No I don't think so. That's going to be the most viable solution for shutting down for a week. Its also not as far fetched and hard as it sounds. If computer hackers can break into the FBI mainframe in a movie, there's somebody that can do it in real life. I'd say that's your best bet.

 

First off, where do you get 250,000 from. My rig is worth 25K and my trailer 5K. Secondly..."wouldn't it be awesome if we all went on strike for just one week"? It been talked about to death. Unless you got the mega carriers on board to stop all there trucks O/O would be a drop int he bucket. Secondly, it would cause a bit of problems, but most stores stock a weeks supply of goods. in most areas of trucking it would be logistical inconvenience, not mass panic pay the truckers more, they deserve it.

 

That's why you hack the fuel card and credit card system. Megas ain't moving without their fuel cards.