Posted on May 21, 2008 by adamfreedom
Stockton Truckers Call Out the Industry with 400 on Strike
From May 2008 Industrial Worker, newspaper of the IWW
By: J. Pierce with Adam W.
Independent truckers in California’s San Joaquin Valley shut down their rigs on Friday, May 2nd declaring an open-ended strike. At $4.80 a gallon, sky-rocketing diesel prices top the list of grievances. As [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2008 by adamfreedom
This is a excerpt from my manuscript on 2004/2005 Intermodal trucker organizing in the Stockton area. It is still rough. Below are the sections on the Central Valley. I’m really interested in the question of how might we charactorize a place like the Central Valley. The stats on poverty in the area- making it one of the [...]
Filed under: Labor, Theory | Tagged: Central Valley, intermodal, San Joaquin Valley, Stockton, truckers | Leave a Comment »
