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Business
States look to bar protesters from blocking highways
Tennessee and South Dakota have both passed laws pertaining to blocking highways with protests, while Iowa, North Carolina, Washington state and Massachusetts each have legislation pending that increases penalties to those who intentionally block highways.
May 19, 2017
Business
Truckers rally in Tallahassee, two arrested
The ralliers said they were protesting low rates and working conditions for drivers, high insurance costs and brokers’ lack of transparency with truck operators. Two truckers were arrested during the protests for blocking an intersection.
June 9, 2016
Channel 19
Checking in with ‘Truckers against CARB’ — rally, public meeting Thursday
Video interview with Loren Hutnick about his “Truckers Against CARB” rally planned for Thursday in Sacramento, as CARB takes up public comment on the flexibility-enhancement provisions it introduced earlier in the year.
April 22, 2014
Voices
Trucker protest paled compared to one in late ’60s
“Having been thru all of the trucker shutdowns of the past nearly fifty years this one falling on its face came as no surprise.”
October 17, 2013
Overdrive Extra
Publicity of shutdown attempt says a lot about the evolution of news
The Ride for the Constitution fiasco of last weekend brings to mind the quote often associated with war reporting: “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” That’s California Sen. Hiram W. Johnson, addressing the U.S. Senate in 1917. Truth was also a casualty in the free-for-all publicity surrounding the planned trucker mega-protest that peaked […]
October 15, 2013
Voices
Readers react to the Ride for the Constitution
Reader reactions for and against the Ride for the Constitution, slated to run Oct. 11-13. Our poll on participation in the action continues to show support falling but still at significant levels.
October 10, 2013
Overdrive Extra
More you can do if you do not support protest calls
The truckers’ shutdown/strike/protest is moving forward and gaining lots of media attention. The Letstruck team has spent the last three days writing, calling and e-mailing every news organization we can find contact info for. I have written a list of reasons why I do not support this group, and we have sent dozens of hard […]
October 10, 2013
Business
Five trucking grievances part of planned protest
Detail/background on the trucking-related grievances in the Ride for the Constitution manifesto and further reporting on logistical elements of the effort.
October 8, 2013
Voices
Will you participate in the ‘Truckers Ride for the Consitution?’
The “Truckers Ride for the Constitution” Facebook page has been calling drivers to participate in an Oct. 11 Washington, D.C., area convoy, demonstrations around the country through the 13th and more, likewise a buy-nothing solidarity gesture from the general public. Will you take part? Or not hardly…
October 1, 2013
Overdrive Extra
Irish truckers report on South Korean truckers’ strike
An estimated 80 percent of the 380,000 total South Korean truckers were reported to have gone on strike “demanding the introduction of standard freight charges, a 30 percent rise in transportation fees and revised laws on labour rights,” reported the (you’re hearing right) Irish Trucker Magazine. News travels faster than on-highway rigs, eh? Platts reports […]
June 26, 2012
Channel 19
Friday Channel 19 news round-up: Cross-border trucking; ‘driver shortage’; and the 1 on the 53 and the 99
Separate but not equal That separation could be diminishing when it comes to U.S. and Mexican tucking, now that a new pilot program for cross-border long haul is under way. In the wake of the Oct. 21 border ceremony at Laredo, when the first Mexican truck crossed as part of the new cross-border pilot program, […]
October 28, 2011
Channel 19
Grassroots victory over proposed NY truck ban
Since the New York State protest convoys of November 2008, organized in part by the Mohawk Valley Truckers and Citizens United chapter, the issue of a big plan of truck-route restrictions on state highways in New York has seen growing opposition, with large groups among various industries joining trucking groups in decrying the state’s plans […]
April 15, 2010
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