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Trucker Protests

British truckers protest fuel prices in London

By EMILY RISTOW – 28 minutes ago

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of truckers drove to Britain’s Parliament on Wednesday to protest the rising cost of fuel.

Police closed a section of a highway into the capital to let the trucks gather, then escorted the 200 trucks in convoys of 20 into the center of town. Dozens of protesters on foot gathered outside the Houses of Parliament, waiting to go inside to lobby members of Parliament and holding placards that said “Fair Play on Fuel.”

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Millions of Indian truckers go on strike to protest rising fuel prices, road tolls

The Associated Press Published: July 2, 2008

 NEW DELHI: Millions of truck drivers went on strike across India on Wednesday to protest rising fuel prices and road tolls, union leaders said, in a move that could paralyze much of the Indian economy.

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Truckers Rolling on Harrisburg PA, JUNE 23rd

Truckers Rolling on Harrisburg PA, JUNE 23rd

 

RALLY AT THE GABLES JUNE 22ND EXIT 77 Off I 81 at 2pm We are talking about whats going on for Harrisburg.

TACU is Going back to Harrisburg, Pa June 23rd

TACU Is Rolling on Harrisburg PA, JUNE 23rd. at 8:30 am.
Join us at the Gables I 81 exit 77 At 6:30 am we are Coordinating the Convoy. We are Leaving Gables truck Stop 8:30 am Sharp to go To Harrisburg, PA We are bringing the fight back to Harrisburg, PA. 1. To end the I-80 toll issue. 2. Stop the lease of the P.A Turnpike 3. The Ongoing fight to lower fuel costs   

www.truckersandcitizensunited.net

Reach our National reps at:
Mark Kirsch Director TACU 717-717-821-2013
Ronald Wenger 717-821-6237
Leon Martin -717-507-6587
Mike Groff 717–821-4664
Charlie Claburn NY TACU Director 518-810-1776
www.truckersandcitizensunited.net

Harrisburg Flyer

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Albany Truckers Protest - Action- June 19th

Albany Truckers Protest - Action- June 19th

We are ready to take Albany, NY

Truckers and Citizens United of New York

New Yorkers and American citizens are asked attend this Protest The Issues at hand does effect us all.

Fight for Lower fuel costs!!

Fight to get rid of the Ton mile tax !!

Protest DATE: June 19th, 2008, 8:00am (EST)
LOCATION Our convoy will assemble in Fultonville (the base will be at the Betty Beaver Truck Stop)

Thursday June 19 and hit the road at 9:00 AM sharp. We expect to parade down State Street in Albany by 10:00 AM and encircle the Capitol Building. Join us at any point along the way in your own vehicle! Be heard! Be seen! Take back our state!

ATTENTION TRUCKERS - FOR CONVOY DETAILS AND MORE INFORMATION (INCLUDING TOLL REIMBURSMENT) CALL (800) 724-5345

Contact Info For More Information please contact: NY Reps
Charles Claburn Director TACU:NY - 518-810-1776
Paul Looman - 518-774-0997
Bill Sutton - 585-300-7327

Also reach our National reps at:
Mark Kirsch Director TACU 717-717-821-2013
Ronald Wenger 717-821-6237
Leon Martin -717-507-6587

www.truckersandcitizensunited.net 

 

“if they get word of a convoy they are going to blockade the city,”

“if they get word of a convoy they are going to blockade the city,”

 

But Gramuglia said at a recent meeting, city leaders raised concerns about the convoy blocking police and fire vehicles in the event of an emergency.

“They said under no circumstances do they want the trucks in the city. They said if they get word of a convoy they are going to blockade the city,” he said.

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Truck convoy expected to lock state Capitol - Albany, New York

Truck convoy expected to lock state Capitol; CDTA routes affected

June 18, 2008 - 2:35PM

Declaring their intentions to “shut down the state government,” truckers are planning to travel to Albany Thursday morning to protest high diesel taxes and the so-called Ton Mileage Tax, along with the new increase on Thruway tolls.

“It’s apparent that stubborn politicians in Albany would rather have New Yorkers fill their tanks in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont and Pennsylvania,” Vincent Gramuglia, president of Countryside Fuels and owner of the Betty Beaver Fuel Stops in upstate New York. said in a statement announcing the rally.

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Korean container port reels as trucker strike enters fifth day

Korean container port reels as trucker strike enters fifth day

Busan Port, which accounts for 80 percent of the country’s container cargo, was virtually paralysed yesterday as a strike over skyrocketing fuel costs by the Korean Transport Workers’ Union (KTWU) entered its fifth day, following the breakdown of talks with the government.

 

http://www.cargonewsasia.com/secured/article.aspx?id=3&article=16345

Rationing threat as police prepare to get tough with striking drivers

Rationing threat as police prepare to get tough with striking drivers (U.K.)

Rationing threat as police prepare to get tough with striking drivers

‘Don’t waste a drop’ London Drivers Warned

Petrol: ‘Don’t waste a drop’, drivers warned as four-day fuel strike starts to hit the pumps

Last updated at 13:30pm on 13.06.08

 

 

Shell garage

Run-dry: A Shell petrol station in central London is already out of fuel on the first day of the tanker driver strike

Motorists were warned not to ‘waste a drop of fuel’ today as petrol stations began to run dry after tanker drivers started a four-day strike.

Hundreds of union members seeking a pay rise from Shell picketed petrol terminals as many others also turned back from refineries in solidarity.

The Shell drivers have refused an improved pay offer of 7.3 per cent backdated to January, which would take average earnings to more than £39,000.

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Trucker’s Strikes on Fuel Costs Go Global

Korea:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/10/content_8341078.htm

Spain:

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=223621&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21

Ireland:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/business/article3795254.ece

Portugal:

http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=41354

Thailand:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=128140

Chile:

http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=13612&formato=HTML

France:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hBbZZkVOMb7wS_iyY5b1BoJ4R42w

 

 

Teamsters strike against Allen Park car hauler

Teamsters strike against Allen Park car hauler

The Detroit News

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters sent its members on strike at 9 this morning against the nation’s No. 2 car hauler in the United States in a dispute over court-approved pay cuts and other contract issues.

The union is upset that Performance Transportation Services, which delivers 2.7 million vehicles a year including 10,400 vehicles a day for General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., won federal bankruptcy court approval to immediately impose a 15 percent pay cut on 1,250 Teamster drivers through July 31.

Fred Zuckerman, Teamsters car haul director, said PTS workers nationwide walked off their jobs at 9 a.m. The company has 24 facilities across the country, including its corporate headquarters and seven sites in Michigan.

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