Is a TRUCK STRIKE emanate?

I remember back in the early 80's when a strike was tried, it didn't work...simply cause you can't get 3 truckers together to agree on ANYTHING!

The rest of the country (world?) uses our very nature against us. The rule of thumb has been as long as I can remember (30 years in the industry) is...keep them hungry & disorganized & they'll work for next to nothing!

 

Not imminent- I voted "I doubt it" because I just don't see it ever happening.

 

im not so sure we will have to stike....even with a decent FSC program the costs are goin higher every day, and the FSC usaully goes off last weeks average fuel price, therefore we are all grossing the same but with higher expences....i just dont think it will be too long before a lot of companies are just simply priced out of business...then rates will have to go up becuase the surplus of ready and waiting trucks will be gone....simple supply and demand

just look on any load board under van frieght and see what the rates are....do the math to find out the per mile...then figure out what it costs to run your truck per mile ....and see if there is any profit left

heck i have even seen alot of flatbed frieght for around $1/m....and i know my costs are much higher than that

 

If we had a strike consisting of at least half of the trucks in america parking for 3 days, you would see fuel drop rapidly along with soaring freight rates and a huge demand for drivers and loads to get moving. I see it though never happening because there are too many people that are all talk and no walk along with the morons who say but if i parked my truck i would loose my job! How the hell do you figure that would happen is what i wanna know, you can't loose your job when the demand for freight will be at an all time high when the strike is over. America will come close to a halt after 3 days of no trucks moving freight. The demand to move freight will be so high that we will have more loads than we can handle needing to be moved. I would love to see a strike, and I would be the first one to park my truck, but only a couple hundred trucks parked won't even make a dent in the economy. This has to be an organized event with thousands of trucks parking for at least 3 days to make an impact!!!

 

Would this also be a case for the collective bargaining power of unions?

 

It'll never happen. There is no way that enough truckers would band together to make the strike effective. And if is was effective, well then the "leaders" of this country would point to the shortage of drivers and approve more foreign drivers to come in. Sure, the big companies would love you to strike, because a week later you'd be replaced by a guest worker making half your wage.

 

never gonna happen because somebody will haul it no matter how cheap !

 

Strikes and shut downs may have had an impact in the past. These days the best way is to use the system's rules. Become part of a lobbying group. The Big Guns belong to lobbies and so do many O/O's. I belong to the CDTOA and believe me, they have made a difference.

Until there is a policy change in this country in regards to energy and exploration, we're going to pay more at the pump and more for goods. I don't know what the answer is but I don't want big government sticking its nose in my business anymore than it already has done.

You can be sure that Mexico's government has its lobby waiting in the halls of congress for the opportunity to fill the need if there is a shut down.

 

Yes,There Gonna be Truckin Protest/Strikin This summer.And U can take that 2 The Bank !

I ATTEST Truckers WILL unite.We as a nation have went above and beyond already!!.WHY?,we must go backwards to the bloodshed and warfare,right here in our own??.I made a good life outa this transportation business.I don't want to go back to 73,ect..And I got a shotgun,rifle,and a 4Wheel-Drive..I also Attest ,every day of my life becomes better !