why don't truckers strike? - gas prices?

jeffbr

Rats of Multa wrote:

a. im curious what percentage of american truck-drivers have and/or support any children,...

b. so basically [ultimately] what we need is a consumer strike,...

...???

I'm not advocating for or against truckers or strikes. I have no idea the percentage of truckers who have children. I have only personally known a few long-haul truckers (including my uncle) and they were all supporting families, but won't project that to the entire population of truckers.

I don't know why I as a consumer would strike. Fuel costs are going up, and I would expect that to drive up costs of goods and services.

Rats of Multa

jeffbr wrote:

I'm not advocating for or against truckers or strikes. I have no idea the percentage of truckers who have children. I have only personally known a few long-haul truckers (including my uncle) and they were all supporting families, but won't project that to the entire population of truckers.

I don't know why I as a consumer would strike. Fuel costs are going up, and I would expect that to drive up costs of goods and services.

indeed. the inflation that fuel is causing throughout the entire market-system might be one reason to desire to curb/halt spending/consumerism, but yeah, we're all basically fucked.

blondieblue227

Rats of Multa wrote:

b. so basically [ultimately] what we need is a consumer strike,...

...???

that's not going to happen!
in my opinon.

we love to buy, buy, buy with our credit cards.

blondieblue227

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