Beginning of the end

[wild deuce]

Owner operators are falling like flies because of oil and economy. The Teamster's Union, the auto union, and the airline unions are all but finished. and all I hear is "we're gonna strike because of the outrageous fuel prices".
Well who you gonna strike with? Your not even loyal to yourselves and when the teamsters are gone so will your wages be gone!!! HELLO. The standards have to be set and kept by somebody. Stop undercutting eachother. YOU are driving my wages down MOFO.

[pro1driver]

Originally Posted by wild deuce

Owner operators are falling like flies because of oil and economy. The Teamster's Union, the auto union, and the airline unions are all but finished. and all I hear is "we're gonna strike because of the outrageous fuel prices".
Well who you gonna strike with? Your not even loyal to yourselves and when the teamsters are gone so will your wages be gone!!! HELLO. The standards have to be set and kept by somebody. Stop undercutting eachother. YOU are driving my wages down MOFO.

first, you don't have to call anyone, "MOFO"..............

a union (which i don't belong to) at leasts bargains with companies, and that's usually known as "good faith".......its to see how much they (the unions) can get a company that posts millions of dollars of profit from our (real) blood, sweat, and yes, tears.......

the companies post these end of year profits to either satisfy the stockholders or for tax purposes (if privately owned). why shouldn't we get a pay raise every year for our work...?? many of us are not asking for $50 per hour, much like a plumber or carpenter or mechanic DOES EARN, AND MORE by the way, we just want a "liveable wage and benefits, which too by the way, we have to pay a percentage, we DO NOT get our health benefits for free, NOT EVEN the BEST teamsters union does......>!!!

we are not driving your wages down, your comapny just isn't making a sizable profit, or the CEO is stealing money, or your company has crappy equipment that keeps breaking down, or your company drivers keep getting into accidents or keep getting tickets, which in turm are driving up your company's costs, especially INSURANCE..........

the unions (again, i am not a union employee) will be around for ever, and ever..........the unions DO NOT ALWAYS GET THIER WAY.............

again, "good faith bargaining" and "concessions" are what its all about....

i suggest, to you, that you look deper into YOUR COMPANY and find out why your wages are going DOWN....??

if your wages are going DOWN......you need to find a better employer........

[driver777]

It Seems Like We Are Not Only Fighting Oil Companies And Goverment Taxes But Railroads As Well. How Can We Compete Against .50 A Mile. When Big Companys Have Local Drivers Pick Up Loads And Deliver Trailer At Railroad [$150] For Transport Of 1000 Miles Away [at .50 Per Mile] And Local Drivers There Pick Up That Trailer And Delivers It For [$150]-how Do We Compete If It Only Costs $800 From Start To Finish? That Is Only .80 Per Mile And Fuel Costs More Than That?

[jraverill]

Please read this and foward to all your friends


attention everyone are we going to put up with this
high cost of fuel? right now fuel prices is any where
from 409 to 437 when are we going to say enough is
enough? we will all be out of work if we do nothing.
lets stop this NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!. i'm not ratical just
realistic. we have more power that what we realize we
all work hard from company drive to owner operator so
we are now letting the govt. control what we worked
for so now with fuel prices going higher and higher
we all lose.lets get organized get started in stopping
this. we can not make a dent if nobody wants to do
anything.So do we sit back and wait for this to end
our carrers or do we do something about it????? We
need to strike . Any Truckers out there need to
understand those who do nothing are destined to Fail.

My husband will be apart of this strike and from most
of the message boards it will be from March 28- April
3. Please help support this Strike as it is in
everyones best interest. Let me explain.



When the fuel prices are at 3 and 4 dollars a gallon
and the freight prices are about 1 dollar per mile the
cost of operating a Big truck are higher that the
income for that trucker or trucking company. Most big
trucks are getting an average of 5 miles to the
gallon. Now if that truck has a load going from
cincinatti, oh to phoenix, az the milage is 1857.54
now devide that by 5 and he will need 372 gallons of
fuel to make this trip. now multiply that by 3.5
(average price of fuel) This is 1300.00 dollars for
fuel. It takes a minimum of 3 days to leagally make
this trip. in that 3 days he must eat at about 13
dollars per meal that equals 117 dollars. Now most
Truckers have a truck payment of about 1500 dollars
per month , Insurance at about 200 dollars per month
and fuel taxes at about 200 dollars per month. By the
time this trip is over the driver will owe 15 dollars.


All of this is caused by the price of fuel. Each day
hundreds of truckers are haveing to quit. Or starve.

Take a second and look around the room your sitting in
, the clothes you are wearing, the car you are
driving, the food you are eating, the computer you are
reading this on. All of this was at one time on a
truck. If the truckers can't afford to drive you will
not be able to get anymore odf the clothes, food,
cars, or computers. Your loved ones will no longer be
able to get vital medications. Slowly our trucking
industry is dying.

In just a few days we can accomplish a decline in fuel
prices.

Just keep in mind that truckers keep this country
running. Please support this strike