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Ride spokesperson says main goal: Impeach Obama
Trucking grievances taking second stage in the Ride for the Constitution’s effort, according to organizers, who have distanced themselves from a driver involved in planning. Find other updates here.
October 9, 2013
Business
Tale of two CA ports in recent protest actions
Los Angeles port truckers picketed an area trucking company Aug. 27, while the previous week, Oakland port independents ended protests after leadership agreed to reach out on their behalf.
August 30, 2013
Channel 19
Former operator’s novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didn’t set out to launch a trucking career when he took a job working for a Bekins Van Lines-affiliated moving company in Austin, Texas, in high school in the 1970s. He caught the fever all the same. “The owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are […]
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
South African driver strike approaching closure after a violent week
Always a shame to see haulers around the world taking out their on-road frustrations on their peers. The news in South Africa this morning (photo of striking drivers by Lerato Maduna) is that, after a week of work stoppage by drivers’ unions in that nation that saw more than a little violence perpetrated on haulers […]
February 21, 2011
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