Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association

So TIA has been in favor of this.

I know ATA, OOIDA, IAN, like every alphabet soup association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

And it passes the House, passes the House, hooray, gets to the Senate.

It doesn't go much further.

I spoke here a couple years ago with those guys, and, like, they, you know, they get permits from, uh, the, the Capitol Hill Police here in DC, and it's a good event.

And Derek Barrs from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be speaking there tomorrow, along with myself, Todd Spencer of OOIDA, a whole number of people.

My buddy James Yearr, who's been really great on, um, documenting what's going on with autonomous trucks and the attempt to replace American drivers-

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But there's little evidence so far of an organized nationwide strike is being planned yet.

The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, OOIDA, told Newsweek in an email statement that the discussion of a trucker strike seems to be limited to social media chatter, but that they are monitoring the situation.

But that does not mean a strike definitely won't happen, as the rapid spread of the claim could itself inspire online rumors to become real-world action.

And that's what grassroots movements are all about, right? And then I found another article by CDL Life, which is the largest online community and digital platforms for commercial truck drivers in the US.

So...

The OOIDA basically explains that organizing any type of owner operator strike is creating antitrust issues, practical and antitrust issues.

So it is actually illegal, according to the OOIDA, to formulate a trucker strike because it's that much of an impact.

And we got to understand why is the truckers upset? It's easy, right? $7 gas.

I mean, $7 a gallon for diesel.

The industry is likely too fragmented to do such a thing, at least not successfully anyway.

Owner-operator Independent Drivers Association explained the many difficulties of a strike including, quote, getting hundreds of thousands of drivers to all agree to shut down.

and antitrust laws and illegal boycotts, end quote.

But the export ban is still a concern for average folks, as API CEO Mike Summers said, quote, restricting U.S. exports would hit an already tight market with another supply shock, end quote.

They're going to be driving for nothing.

They talked to one truck driver who said he's driven over 2 million miles for the past 25 years, and he's also the vice president of the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, which represents about 150,000 small business truckers.

He told ABC News that every $1 increase in diesel prices costs truckers approximately $400 more per tank.

And some weeks have cost an extra $800 to fill up.