Friday, March 28, 2008
Trucker Strike Coming?
It would be a wonderful thing to see.
via ABS-CBN
LAKE STATION, Indiana - At truck stops across the United States, a low grumbling about high fuel costs is growing into threats of nationwide strikes.
Scattered protests and rallies have broken out in recent weeks as diesel fuel costs rose to four dollars a gallon from three dollars a gallon six months ago and about 1.60 dollars a gallon just four years ago.
But so far, nobody has been able to settle on a date for pulling the big rigs off the road.
"I wish they would do it and if they did I'd be the first one in," said independent trucker Chris Walker, 52, as he filled his tank at a truck stop in Lake Station, Indiana that was charging 3.94 dollars a gallon.
"If they were to shut down (trucking) for a couple days they'd give us a blank check."
Benjamin Cooper, 77, smiles when he talks about the wildcat trucker strikes during the oil crises of the 1970s.
I say do it, Truckers. Shut It Down. Solidarity.
In this day and age of "Just In Time" supply policies, and an expansive warehouse on wheels system in place, it's important to appreciate just how reliant upon the Trucking Fleet that we have become.
A week of empty WalMart stores just might be the medicine Americans need to pull out of their stupor, and look at the crises crashing around them.
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Labels: Fuel Prices, General Strike, Shut It Down, Strike
