"The oil company is the boss, what are we going to be able to do about it?" said Charles Rotenbarger, 49, a trucker from Columbus, Ohio, who was at a truck stop at Baldwin, Fla., about 20 miles west of Jacksonville. "The whole world economy is going to be controlled by the oil companies. There's nothing we can do about it."

 

 

 

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NHS and I speak from experience. Until companies like Covenant, Schneiders, and Western Express boycott loads, what 100 Owner Ops do won't make a huge impact. They do bring up a valid point. The airlines have been subsidized in large part do to the increase in fuel costs after attempts to rebound from 9/11. The trucking industry receives no tax break on fuel costs. What makes it worse is that many shippers are trying to avoid passing the high cost of fuel to the consumer, so they've put a glass ceiling on rates. It's going to get ugly. Owner Ops won't have to strike. Owner Ops will be out of business.

The way I heard it, the trucks aren't leaving the highway. Instead, they will do their best to cause slowdowns and tieups on the roads. Their idea of a strike is to wreak havoc on the highways.

The way I heard it, the trucks aren't leaving the highway. Instead, they will do their best to cause slowdowns and tieups on the roads. Their idea of a strike is to wreak havoc on the highways.

 

That's what has happened in Chicago and New Jersey. It's not a very rational way to get the public on your side.

The way I heard it, the trucks aren't leaving the highway. Instead, they will do their best to cause slowdowns and tieups on the roads. Their idea of a strike is to wreak havoc on the highways.

 

Police are ticketing those people as well.

The way I heard it, the trucks aren't leaving the highway. Instead, they will do their best to cause slowdowns and tieups on the roads. Their idea of a strike is to wreak havoc on the highways.

 

So what you're saying is, business as usual.