In a post three days ago, I reported on the threatened April 1 shutdown by independent truckers. Today, I take a look at the number of truck drivers likely to participate in the effort, the likelihood of the shutdown getting the attention of members of Congress and the impact such a shutdown is likely to [...]
How Will the Trucking Shutdown Impact You?
March 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments
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No Joke: Truckers to ‘Shut Down’ April 1
March 28th, 2008 · 16 Comments
One Iowa newspaper reporter describes it as “a small, online grassroots effort (that) now appears to have the potential for something bigger.” That “something bigger” is a threatened nationwide shutdown by independent truck drivers — possibly hundreds of thousands of them — April 1. Though set to take place on April Fools Day, the effort [...]
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