Just shut up already.....
#11
06-24-2009, 06:30 AM
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I'm going out on a limb here , I don't think Kevin is pushing for a strike. Read his post again and you'll see he's kinda telling the wanna-be strikers to put up or shut up. I would perfer the later, he's is right as many others are too IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN! Don't like the way ATA, Feds, or whoever handle's things stop bitch*n and JOIN , if membership changed to 50% drivers then you would have some pull.
That's not goning to happen either why? APATHY you know let someone else do it, what can I do?
#12
06-24-2009, 08:56 AM
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I think Kev needs to follow his own advice...............
Just shut up already....
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06-24-2009, 09:57 AM
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#14
06-24-2009, 11:43 AM
i'm tired of all this bull crap......... i'm going on strike............
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#15
06-24-2009, 01:29 PM
I am already on strike against the coffee companies. I havent had a cup of coffee in 37 years. They should be dropping to their knees pretty quick.
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#16
06-24-2009, 02:59 PM
You are missing the point of my OP. I'm saying i'm fed up with all the talk about going on strike. And it will never happen because how can we ban together, unified, if we cant even waive to each other passing down the road, or a common 'thank you'.
Would i like to see some attention to how bad our profession isnt paid what it should? Sure. Do i get sick of hearing all the crying going on in truck stops about how someone wont take this load or that load because it dont pay more than $1/mi ?? Then some of you give ME crap, because i say i am content (for now) with getting .33cpm (when, yes i know, i could go elsewhere and make .10cpm+ more) The point of my post is this comradery we all think we have, we dont, and if we dont have any, we could never sucessfully go on a strike.
#17
06-24-2009, 03:52 PM
Sure truckers could strike, they just need to have balls and they need to stick together !!!
UPS was beat when the drivers walked out in 1997, I remember Federal Express closing at noon because they could not take any more freight and we were forced to ship via the post office. Drivers missed a major opportunity to strike already, they should have stopped work during Bush and Cheney record oil price fraud.
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#18
06-25-2009, 02:49 AM
Sure truckers could strike, they just need to have balls and they need to stick together !!!
UPS was beat when the drivers walked out in 1997, I remember Federal Express closing at noon because they could not take any more freight and we were forced to ship via the post office. Drivers missed a major opportunity to strike already, they should have stopped work during Bush and Cheney record oil price fraud.
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#19
06-25-2009, 03:39 AM
Actually, I know a few people that were hoping and praying that truck drivers would go out on a general, national strike when the oil prices peaked last year. As far as they are concerned, it's the truck drivers that would have the greatest impact in reversing the trend. I don't know what made the prices go back down again, but I know they are disappointed with us that we did not walk out.
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#20
06-25-2009, 11:00 AM
You know, just the other day, i was driving down I-30, and heard this lady get on, and go on this rant about how we as drivers just need to shut the country down and not drive for a solid 24 hours....this will get everyones attention, she said.
Okay, first off....you will NEVER get every driver to not drive for the day. Just wont happen. 2nd, if you really want to get peoples attention, you just need to either not drive for 2-3 days, or have drivers take part in clogging major city bypasses, and drive for 11 straight hours, side by side, etc....or both. But we will never be able to ban together, if we cannot pay enough respect to another fellow driver to waive to them as we pass each other, or give the customary 'thank you' when you pass another driver, and s/he 'flashes' you over to let you know its clear. If we cannot respect each other as professional drivers (regardless how much experience one might have, or who they drive for, or if they are an O/O or a company driver or not) and do something as little as holding a door open, and just being polite.....a 'strike' will never happen.....so shut up about it already. I think everybody missed Kevins' point. I think he wants the poster('s) whom are here advocating "STRIKE", to just shut up and go away....quietly maybe?? :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
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