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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- The truckers wildcat strikes are spreading though California. The article below is from an Oakland newspaper. Too bad the Pacifica crowd is not interested.Jim D. --------------------- > Gas prices fuel truckers' protest > Port braces for labor action by drivers who are seeking higher fees > By Paul T. Rosynsky, STAFF WRITER > Thursday, April 29, 2004 - OAKLAND -- The rising cost of fuel is having a > ripple effect that may be felt this week at the Por of Oakland, where > truckers are planning a nonwork protest. > Truckers who own and operate their own rigs say they are being stung by the > cost of diesel fuel, which has risen to $2.40 a gallon. They are demanding > shipping and trucking companies share their pain by increasing shipping fees > paid per container. > The protest began in Central California on Tuesday as hundreds of drivers > refused to take containers from a railroad depot in Lathrop. > Officials at the port and within the shipping industry said the truckers are > preparing for a similar action at the ports of Oakland, Los Angeles and Long > Beach on Friday. > While the truckers are not blaming the ports or railroad companies, they are > upset by shipping and trucking companies that rely on the railroads and > ports to make a profit. > Truckers say the profits they make hauling containers have been reduced > because of the higher fuel prices. Truckers are usually paid for every > container they haul, about $200 per container, but that price has not risen > to match the increased cost of fuel. > "There is an action scheduled for Friday ... but it is really not known what > they are planning to do," said Scott Dailey, spokesman for shipping giant > APL. "We are encouraging all our customers to pick up their cargo or make > deliveries by the end of Thursday." > While it remains unclear how many truckers would participate Friday or what > the truckers would do during a protest, fliers are being circulated around > the docks urging truckers not to work. > "It's basically a CB radio, grass-roots deal," said Jerry Bridges, director > of the port's maritime division. "We'll just have to wait and see what > happens." > "Strike, Strike, Strike," reads a flier. "Strike continues until demands > met." > Among the demands listed in the flier are a 30 percent increase in the fees > paid per container a trucker hauls and a sliding fuel surcharge rate based > upon the price of fuel. > Despite the disruption truckers could cause to the shipping industry, some > trucking company owners and shipping lines said there is not much they can > do. > Dailey said APL already gives truckers some compensation based on gas > prices. Meanwhile, some trucking company owners said they cannot pay a > trucker more without getting a higher price for moving containers. > While the protest has largely focused on railroad distribution centers in > the Central Valley, it has already caused grief for both the shipping > industry and companies relying on deliveries. > "Basically, all our products come out of Georgia, and they are now stuck in > Lathrop," said Dorothy Stein, an assistant at John Towns and Associates, > which ships erosion control blankets and other soil stabilization and paving > products. "People expected deliveries and never received them. It has just > been that sort of day." > Jeff Bromley, a Union Pacific Railroad spokesman, said the company has seen > a 95 percent decline in cargo movement since the protest began Tuesday at > its Lathrop Distribution Center. > The center usually moves about 1,000 containers to and from its center, but > on Tuesday and Wednesday it moved about 250 per day, he said. > "The interruption has been pretty substantial," Bromley said. "The truckers > just decided not to work." > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. 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