Truckers threatening to strike

truckers have been threatening to strike for 20 years,the problem is they will NOT stick together! the goverment can not force the oil companys to drop their price!im afraid your going to see more repo,s on dealers lots this year.

 

Organization of this is EXTREMELY difficult due to places like OOIDA not being involved in it...and they won't, trust me. They won't even give US the time of day, so the fact that they would support us is, well, a dream...it would be a miracle. All they'll do is go up to D.C. and go please, please, please...and that'll be it. Bush does NOT respect begging, he DOES respect FORCE...look how he walks around like a clucking rooster! IF something like this is half-#####, it will do nothing but make some truckers look like fanatics and unreasonable. BUT, if you had hundreds of thousands...people would stand up and take notice you can bet your ### on that. I have talked to a lot of non-truckers and they WOULD support a short trucker strike to help us and them!

BUT, what happens when those #####, JB Hunt, rips on by the strike (and they will)? Will there be bloodshed? Of course there will be. Will the National Guard be called out, well OF COURSE! We all must think of the consequences, people. Are YOU willing to sacrifice to get what you need? OF COURSE you aren't (most of you I mean, at this point). I feel it is simply not bad enough, at this point, for ANY type of organization to be effective due to ball-less American truckers. I think MAYBE if the price gets to $5/gallon for diesel then drivers MIGHT be willing to take a risk. That is MHO. Heck, listen to the CB! Listen to how many morons are out there...how do you overcome them? BLOODSHED (severe force), of course! Ok, then you have the ball-less Teamsters...what to do with them? Will they join it? As close as they are to D.C. (like OOIDA), I seriously doubt it.

Yes, when it gets THAT bad, I DO have the balls to support it...but YOU all must prove you are totally willing to organize something of the sort. I am NOT beholden to ANYONE (D.C.) or otherwise EXCEPT to TRUCKERS! I cannot do it FOR you, YOU must get the word out and stop being wimps. It is YOUR responsibility! Yes this site CAN be used as a medium...but not without YOU all getting some real guts, period. Sorry for being harsh, but reality check here, people.

 

The reality of an organized truck strike is now covered under DHS rules as a terrorist act. A little research will drive that point home.

That's the reality, and that is why OOIDA is NOT representative of American Truckers...period. Do you really think they want to go to jail for your measly 25-30 dollars? So yes they will beg, rather than start a movement.

The truth of the matter is, the majority of drivers are company drivers. Most of which are so deep in debt at this time. They can hardly afford to take even one day off. Many are so scared they will not find another job, they fearfully keep driving down the road.

It will take a group of drivers using extreme tactics such as those in the 70's to get the "noobs" to stay home.

Who is willing to kill the first driver with a brick from an overpass??

I dare say, that NOT one single driver (myself included) within this forum is willing to raise their hand, and say "I will".

This is painful times for EVERY driver. But, it will correct itself. Even the big guys can not continue to absorb cost for the sake of saving an account, for long.

Bear/Sterns proved that point this past week.

 

sorta makes you wonder how they got organized back in 74, all they had was cbs back then no internet no cell phones i have to think in this day and age that it would be a lot easier

 

i tend to think that a good start would be for us to use our VOTE. it is the opportune time, pres. election coming up. don't have to park to use it, and would show that we can agree on one thing. any politician will change sides of the fence if it means continuing the free ride.

shurley everyone will vote.

 

We are wimps now. a lot different than then.

 

If the fuel prices can't bring us together perhaps the Mexican carriers coming across the borders will. Help close the border.

Help America, help truckers.

Wake up people the NAU is coming. Congress will review the Interstate Dryage Law of 1937(?) in the near future. If that is repealed then we can all go sit on the porch and watch the cheap ### Mexican truckers move the freight.