It's time for a strike!

ROKK....YOU have not been reprimanded only asked to keep the racist comments out of your posts.

I feel that this request is warranted by MODS.

YOU may post your opinions, but GEEZ just leave that kind of stuff out please.

 

Hey I think shutting down beside the road is a great idea, we need to get organized so we can get ready for it. Bring grill's, food, drinks ect. Have a big get together, make a day of it. Then mabe we could coax the one's that are reluctant to stop to pull over with us??? And come on no name calling plz. This would get BIG media attention if we could stand together show a united front. This could be a start. And it might lead to bigger better things. A day here and there would not break the bank and keep food off the table.
Long time reader first time poster

 

Yes but the NEWS AGENCIES will not be on your side just look at them now.Reporting every bad thing they can about trucks.

 

If the Truck is broke they cant force you.But if it was marshal law NO LOGS<NO SCALES AND NO DOT CHECKS> Dang that would be no fun at all.Another good thing is the goverment would give you fuel even better.

 

you know its not about what other people think about us anymore that is a luxury we can no longer afford ,its about SURVIVAL in this industry, so I don't give a rats ##* what they think I am doing what is right not popular

 

Hey ROKK they would just think you was broke down an keep on driving.

 

"So is this what trucking has turned into.....a bunch of spineless cowards ready to tuck tail and run rather then stay and fight?"

Trucking is just a job and a business.. a battlefield mentality makes no sense here. this is not a situation where working harder will make a difference, your costs remain the same and your margins will not improve.. therefore who are you fighting?.. would you want government subsidized fuel paid for at taxpayer expense? or the government forcing businesses to pay more for shipping products? another burden passed on to the general public.. this is a NO WIN situation, the world is growing and consuming more fuel, its not just us anymore. Get ready for a DRAMATIC lifestyle change.
This is what happens when free housing vouchers are offered, then run out... imagine the effect if it was fuel and food!...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/c...0312vouchers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=75

 

I think I'm in the right spot here, hope so anyway...

My household feels that a strike is warranted, past due, etc.. Husband works for a small, but good, company. Not sure if the owner(who I told about this forum today) would go along with it, but hubby would take time off if had to..
sooo...

not sure if this has been thought of, didn't see it but..

part of a strike is based on emotion! Fear, anger, resentment, any emotion you can think of..... Wherever, however, or whenever this is done, it needs to be done with emotional control! Lets just say for example, you have a group of drivers together, "emotion feeds emotion", and an uneducated 4 wheeler comes along and starts yelling things,"get back to work" etc.etc... now you have another "emotion feeding emotion" situation and if media wasn't looking before, they will be now!
I feel we need to stand up and achieve something but it needs to be done with control, not feeding the image that some people seem to have about drivers...

Just my two cents worth

 

I have been reading all this and the time is now this morning a barrel of oil went to 110.70 a barrel and they are saying it well not stop there for us to look for 120.00 a barrel . we dont need to stop on the roads or slow down we need to take them to the house and go on vac . i parked mine yesterday i have had enough the only way it well happen is to quite talking about it and do it the more we wait the more it well go up . we need to go after the cost of fuel and the prise of freight the brooker are killing us . the only way we r going to get out of a ression is to get the prise of fuel down then people well start to buy again and we r the only ones that can do . are goverment sure no going to get the jog done . it well take at least one week if we all well pull to gether and do it .