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Old 03-26-2008, 07:52 PM
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Default Trucker Strike

Please do not buy fuel on March 28. 2008
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
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Old 03-27-2008, 09:22 PM
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Want to strike?

Don't just shut down your truck. Get a few drivers together, and blockade the fuel shipping points.

Worked in the UK in 2000, worked in France in 1998.

20 years ago, I was a fuel hauler (still am) and the independents blockaded the 3 shipping terminals here.

It did not work for them though. The boss got out the old yard truck with the drill pipe bumper, and lead a convoy through the gates.

But, this is the only way that independent drivers can make any headway. It will take 3 days to run everyone out of fuel, and then the country shuts down until things are worked out.

Remember that there will be no police on the roads, no fire trucks, and no ambulances.

If this is what you want, then you now know how to do it.
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Old 03-29-2008, 01:50 PM
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Default What's the status on this?

How many Wal-Mart's were shut down yesterday due to truck drivers not buying fuel? I don't even think the cost of fuel went down one penny. In fact, this didn't even make the local news because some idiot decided to take his wife and newborn baby and shut down the Walt Whittman bridge into and out New Jesery by holding them at gun point after a police chance across six counties. I guess that was more important than truck drivers not buying fuel on March 28th, 2008. Time to step up ya'll game.
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Old 05-08-2008, 09:11 AM
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truckers strike is nothing but a pipe dream. It will Never happen,that is just being realistic. Some cut-throat will gladly take your place for 1/2 the pay.
Think about it.
And it it ever did happen Ha! It would have to last at Least a week or longer to feel the effects at the stores.
Might as well try to win the lottery!!
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