![]() Local media outlets have said they have not seen much of a slowdown in truck traffic. “If something is going on, it must be pretty small, because I haven’t heard anything about it,” Edward Crowell, president & CEO of the Georgia Motor Trucking Assn., told FleetOwner. However, even that protest has not made a major impact. A protest rally was slated for yesterday from 5 p.m to 7 p.m. OOIDA reported that as many as 300 owner-operators parked their rigs at the Port of Savannah on Thursday and plan to stay parked today and Monday. Norita Taylor, spokesperson for the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), told FleetOwner that she is aware of one planned shutdown, in Savannah, GA, and has heard rumors about a few areas where truckers have stopped their rigs, but there has been “nothing confirmed on those yet.” “Of course, all of us are affected by the high diesel prices-it’s driving up the cost of everything, but it’s not affecting labor and we haven’t had delays of products,” Caldwell said. However, while a few truckers have pulled to the side of the road and refused to continue driving with diesel prices well over $4 a gallon in some areas, most industries have not felt a significant effect.Ĭhris Caldwell, spokesperson for the International Foodservice Distributors Association, told FleetOwner that because most major food freight carriers, such as Sysco have trucks that are company-owned, they haven’t seen an effect. Stories of planned strikes were first spread late last week, with rumored dates of March 31 and April 1 mentioned as possibilities for a walkout. More broadly, 15% of all respondents said they are now considering cars from American brands while 8% said they are no longer interested in these brands due to the strike.While rumors of strikes by independent truckers have been rampant this week, and have gained significant attention in the mainstream media, it seems that it is much ado about nothing at this point-with only one small shutdown action reported. found that among union-affiliated households, 31% of these shoppers are now considering UAW-built vehicles as a way to support the union's efforts. Previous surveys have already found that support for the UAW strike is at an all-time high. (Ford sold 31,503 Rangers and GM sold 58,685 Colorados and 19,351 Canyons in the same time period).Ī lack of availability for Ford and GM's small pickups is likely to drive some shoppers to other brands, Newman said, but customers surveyed by are also indicating that they will support union-made brands out of solidarity in the future. The Toyota Tacoma already outsells the Detroit 3's smaller pickups with nearly 180,000 units sold through the end of September, according to the Automotive News data center. ![]() Particularly in the mid-size pickup truck market, where Ford and GM are most impacted right now, competition from Toyota and Honda is fierce. Whether the strike will cause the Detroit Three to lose customers to the competition remains in the air, Newman said. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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