Vaccine Mandate Threatens Major Trucking Disruption, Industry Insiders Say
BY JACKSON ELLIOTT, CARA DING, ALLAN STEIN, STEVEN KOVAC, JANNIS FALKENSTERN AND NICK CIOLINO
October 24, 2021 Updated: October 24, 2021
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American truckers don’t like taking orders. But the Biden administration has increased pressure on some of them to take the vaccine—willing or unwilling.
All through the pandemic, truckers endured hardships to keep America’s infrastructure running. They waited in line for hours in sight of bathrooms they weren’t allowed to use. On the road, some died alone of COVID-19.
Now, with supply chains disrupted, Americans need them more than ever. But faced with the prospect of a mandated vaccination, many drivers are considering quitting.
“I’d fight it,” said veteran trucker Mike Widdins, referring to vaccine mandates. “I think a lot of us will be quitting. Who likes to be forced to do stuff you don’t want to do?”
Widdins isn’t alone in his willingness to leave trucking if he is required to vaccinate. Polls by trucking publications Commercial Carrier Journal and OverDrive indicate that up to 30 percent of truckers will seriously consider quitting if required to vaccinate. If they quit, the consequences for America may be massive. US Transport estimates that 70 percent of American freight goes by truck.
“It would hurt shipping big-time,” Widdins said.
Enough industries do this and push back it stops. It wont stop till the people say stopAnd if it hadn't gotten FUBARed enough
Vaccine Mandate Threatens Major Trucking Disruption, Industry Insiders Say
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Article is a lot longer basically a lot of veteran truck drivers are saying Fuck you, we'll quit, Adminstration is trying to get younger people interested, but they don't like the long hours and being away from home.
Maybee the admin wants this?Enough industries do this and push back it stops. It wont stop till the people say stop
Well they want to hurt the people. That’s plainly obvious to most. As long as businesses keeps playing along by their rules the restrictions and requirements for employment will just get tighter. We went from 2 weeks to flatten the curve to you mush show your papers to work for many companies and do business with many businesses.Maybee the admin wants this?
Look at your governors.Well they want to hurt the people. That’s plainly obvious to most. As long as businesses keeps playing along by their rules the restrictions and requirements for employment will just get tighter. We went from 2 weeks to flatten the curve to you mush show your papers to work for many companies and do business with many businesses.
Until is safe means never. Burn your mask and just say NO!
I fully agree. I am vocal about it locally. I am not afraid to be vilified to provoke thought in those that disagree with me.Look at your governors.
We still have emergency declarations in all 50 states.
Thats an interesting article. Not sure I believe all of it.The Last Days of The Romanovs at the Port of Los Angeles (and Where Is Everybody?) | naked capitalism
Cutting the Gordian knot at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Or not!www.nakedcapitalism.com
I dunno, seems as effective as when prisoners go on hunger strike and stop eating…only hurts themselves. We export so little by comparison that not importing only hurts us short and long term.Thats an interesting article. Not sure I believe all of it.
It makes you think a bit, if you wanted to have a trade war with china or fuck them over a bit, is this a good way to go about that? Simply not offloading the goods will eventually cause things to back up in china and could cause them some financial distress. Not saying thats whats going on, but makes me wonder. With the ships sitting offshore, who's losing there ass right now?
And this is why nothing is being loaded to go back to Asia except empty’sI dunno, seems as effective as when prisoners go on hunger strike and stop eating…only hurts themselves. We export so little by comparison that not importing only hurts us short and long term.
werd, I'd buy 50 of them at $500So… All ports are stacked to the brim with empty containers. Trucks that haul boxes aren’t being allowed back into the ports with empty’s.
Why can’t we buy surplus boxes for $500 bucks right now? I’ll take 6. Prefer high cubes but would settle for standard 40’s in the one trip flavor. $500 per plus shipping or I’ll come get them one at a time.
Same! I’ve got 10 acres, I can stack and store a bunch.werd, I'd buy 50 of them at $500
25 at 1k
I'd almost bet on it being something else entirelySame! I’ve got 10 acres, I can stack and store a bunch.
That video above said there is a surplus of like 380,000 + containers in the way right now.
That’s what I don’t understand. There’s a shortage of containers inland and 380,000 of them in the dam way all around our shores. Highest I’ve ever seen them priced. That’s exactly why I asked the question, why can’t I pick em up for $500 again.I'd almost bet on it being something else entirely
because last I looked, containers are still stupid expensive, much higher than they've ever been before
Cody Waggoner built exactly what you described out at Johnson Valley. Edit: Stacked 1 hi, 3 walls with a pro panel roof on trusses. I want to do the same.There is a shop along 97 in OR someone built 3 walls out of the big containers, 3 high, 2 long on each long side with a steel truss roof spanning the whole deal. There wasn't a front on it last time I was by but that was years ago.
Such a rad concept and it could be done reasonably cheap too.Cody Waggoner built exactly what you described out at Johnson Valley. Edit: Stacked 1 hi, 3 walls with a pro panel roof on trusses. I want to do the same.
Probably because they are all owned by container pools who don't want to sell them, but also don't want to pay what the port wants to get them unloaded and put back on a ship to head to China.That’s what I don’t understand. There’s a shortage of containers inland and 380,000 of them in the dam way all around our shores. Highest I’ve ever seen them priced. That’s exactly why I asked the question, why can’t I pick em up for $500 again.
We’ve already established all of that.Probably because they are all owned by container pools who don't want to sell them, but also don't want to pay what the port wants to get them unloaded and put back on a ship to head to China.
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