Crude oil is running $100 a barrel and it costs $50 instead of $35 to fill your car, but you carpool occasionally and watch the number of trips across town so you're doing all right so far. But what happens when, in addition to the $50 fillup, your groc ... BLACK-GOLD BLUES; Independent truckers planning shutdown;
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Truckers to Strike Over Record Diesel Prices, Some Paying Up to $1,200 to Fill-Up, Some independent U.S. truckers are planning to stop hauling freight on April 1 in protest of record-high diesel prices that are cutting into profit margins. ... Independent truckers, who constitute 90 percent of the nation's trucking fleet,
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NEW ORLEANS - Upset over wages, fuel costs and anti-union laws, hundreds of independent truckers went on strike at several U.S. ports Monday, slowing the movement of cargo containers that can hold everything from furniture to electronics to frozen food.
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StarNet, the online service of the Arizona Daily Star ... NEW ORLEANS - Upset over wages, fuel costs and anti-union laws, hundreds of independent truckers went on strike at several U.S. ports Monday, slowing the movement of cargo containers that can hold everything from furniture to electronics to frozen food.
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I’m not really sure what to expect, I think coordinating a massive strike amongst all the independent truckers and drivers is a steep hill to climb. They will need to get a large majority of participation for this to be effective.
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Stalvey joins what appears to be a growing nationwide strike primarily among independent drivers, of which he is one. ... Two other drivers who declined to give their names said it was their understanding the strike who begin in earnest later today when truckers finish their last runs.
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WBKO Kentucky Bowling Green Home ... The nation's independent truckers are planning to park their rigs on April 1 to protest the sky-high cost of diesel fuel. ... Word of an independent trucker strike is rumbling across the country's highways.
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TUSCALOOSA | William Cline parked his small fleet of trucks Tuesday in solidarity with a loosely organized national strike of independent truckers protesting high fuel prices.
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Are truckers poised to strike over rising fuel prices? ... Origins: Various e-mails about a looming independent truckers and Teamsters union strike began arriving in inboxes everywhere in the last week of August 2005. However, at that time there was no mention of an impending nationwide labor action...
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