Word: hauls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Part of the problem was simply making contact with the 100,000 or so strikers, who are represented by scores of organizations. Self-employed businessmen who often own two or three rigs and haul goods for trucking companies on a contract basis, the independents are united only in their demands and by a general disdain for regulations that inhibit their sense of freedom...
...independents, who are self-employed and use their own rigs to haul goods for trucking companies on a contract basis, can average $20,000 a year in normal times. They argue that the shortage of fuel and the rise in prices from around 27? per galin September to 45? at present is paring their income by one-third or more. They complain that fuel-short stations often limit them to 25 or even ten gallons at a time. That has forced them to lose time and money chasing from truck stop to truck stop to keep their rigs running. About...
...than they sold in 1972. That was not good enough for leaders of such independent organizations as the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers and the Council of Independent Truckers, who thumbed down the proposal. One sticking point: freight rates of about one-third of the striking independents-those who haul perishables like farm produce and cattle-are not regulated by the ice. Under the Government proposal, these drivers would have to rely on the good faith of the wholesalers they contract with to pay higher rates voluntarily...
...Teamsters Union, which represents about 450,000 long-haul drivers, including independents and those employed by trucking firms, has stood aloof from the strike, and President Frank Fitzsimmons has cautioned against "taking matters into your own hands." To impose their will, the more militant independents have been terrorizing drivers who continue to work and refuse to join in the strike...
...addition to food, independents haul much of the nation's steel and other raw materials, and the impact of the strike is already being felt. Major citrus and produce growers are unable to ship their crops North. As a result, the price of oranges, strawberries and other perishables will rise. Because of material shortages, Armco Steel Corp. closed its Columbus plant indefinitely, throwing 565 people out of work. Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and U.S. Steel may close their plants in Youngstown. Strike leaders predict that unless the Government offers them a more satisfactory deal, food shortages will begin...