Six weeks ago, Dan Little spearheaded a nationwide truckers shutdown which took place April 1 as a means of drawing attention to the poor economic plight of independent truckers and trucking companies. Today, the owner of a Carrollton, Mo., cattle-hauling operation finds himself in a new position representing the interests of truckers from across the [...]
Trucker Discusses Economic Issues on CNN
May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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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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