Sunday, June 15, 2008

TRUCKERS STRIKE AGAINST HIGH FUEL COSTS WORLD WIDE

Truckers are striking worldwide over higher fuel costs..they can no longer afford to operate.
Nationwide truckers are forced to sit and wait till their trucks are full in order to justify driving or lose money so this slows down deliveries.
If you have been thinking of getting out of trucking you are not alone. Have you thought about getting into operating Heavy Equipment or buying and selling used heavy equipment.
If so please visit Florida Earth Movers to sell your own equipment, semis, trailers, lowboys, etc.,. or buy other peoples equipment for yourself or your business partners.

South Korean Construction Drivers' Union Plan to Join StrikeBloomberg - USABy Shinhye Kang June 15 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean drivers working for construction companies will join a truckers' strike in protest against surging fuel ...
Anger boils in Europe over rising fuel prices TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,CanadaSpanish consumers started stockpiling food on Wednesday over concerns that an ongoing truckers’ strike that has disrupted deliveries might cause food ...
Thousands of South Korean truck drivers continue strike over ...International Herald Tribune - FranceThe truckers' strike has already caused US$11 million in losses to exporters and US$3 million to importers, according to the Korea International Trade ...
Update: Trucker's strikeAutocar - Teddington,England,UKTanker drivers contracted to Shell are set to follow up the strike that started this morning with another four day action next week if employers do meet ...
Opel says Spanish truckers' strike affects production in GermanyInternational Herald Tribune - France"The truckers' strike in Spain is extremely annoying for us," he said. The Eisenach plant, which makes the Opel Corsa, uses components that come from an ...See all stories on this topic
S Korean truck drivers rally to demand minimum wagesXinhua - ChinaMany South Korean ports reported they were affected by the truckers strike which started Thursday. In Busan, 83 percent of all containers in the city's ...
Fuel Protests Intensify Across AsiaNew York Times - United StatesA two-week truckers’ strike in 2003 cost exporters 540 billion won, or $519 million at Friday’s exchange rates, Mr. Han said, citing figures from the Korea ...
Truckers strike threatens to paralyse portsCargonews Asia - Hong KongThousands of South Korean truck drivers today joined a strike launched yesterday to protest against surging oil prices, threatening to paralyse the ...
Euro automakers in peril from truckers' strikeMotoring - South AfricaGerman automakers, according to the industry's main federation VDA, are predicting a serious supply crunch if a Spanish truckers' strike gets worse. ...
More than 5000 South Korean truck drivers begin strike over rising ...International Herald Tribune - FranceAP SEOUL, South Korea: Thousands of South Korean truck drivers launched a strike Friday to protest surging oil prices, threatening to paralyze the country's ...
VW shuts production at Portugal plant for one dayReuters - USALISBON, June 12 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Autoeuropa factory in Portugal will shut down for a day on Friday due to a truckers' strike, but will resume ...See all stories on this topic
Spanish truckers join int'l fuel strikesMarketplace - Los Angeles,CA,USAThe truckers' strike in Spain is the latest in a string of international protests against the rising cost of fuel. Renita Jablonski talks to Danny Wood in ...
Exporters seeks talks with govt on truckers strikeBelfast Telegraph - United KingdomThe Irish Road Haulage Association is threatening to mount a countrywide strike on June 27th to highlight the threat posed to their livelihoods by ...See all stories on this topic
Unionized truckers to strike from midnightYonhap News - Seoul,South KoreaSouth Korea's worst-ever truckers' strike was in May 2003 and lasted two weeks, costing the nation US$540 million in losses.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/bs_afp/worldinflationprotestenergytransport

MADRID (AFP) - Auto plants in Spain were paralysed and Portugal's main airport banned planes from refueling Wednesday as a third day of strikes by thousands of truckers caused heightened chaos and shortages

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