We should not allow our emotions to get in the way of what really needs to be done here. Look, Mexican drivers are only doing the same thing that any one of us would do to support our families. They're not as savvy as most of us are here in the United States. Which is to say, they need to be told that the corporations are not their friends! They need to be made aware that they are simply being taken advantage of by the big trucking companies!
Come on now, it's not like Mexican drivers are intentionally trying to undermine our livelyhoods. It is of my opinion that they will eventually begin to grumble about the harsh working conditions that they are forced to operate under, the dillapidated equipment that endangers their safety as well as the safety of others around them, and the sub-human low wages that they are forced to accept "which are mere scraps that fall from the fat capitalists table!" Now this being said; the corpoations won't be able to hold the Mexican's down indefinitely!
So, the question that one must ask is, how can we speed up this process? How can we show them that there is more to America than cheap wages and corporate dictatorship? And by doing so, convince the Mexican drivers to unite with us in a massive effort to bring the major trucking companies to thier knees!
Yes, we need to do exactly what I said; get the Mexican drivers to rebel against the corporations! We need another Pullman strike, or perhaps a Hayward market strike; something that will expedite "no pun intended" the demise of the monopoly that the major trucking companies have over the freight industy.
After all, we've already witnessed the bitter roots of capitalism. Ie., child labor, the violet resistance to the formation of unions, government officials working with the corporations to crush the will of the people, and the emergence of the pinkerton detectives: an elite group of corporate backed enforcers who were employed during the Carnagie steel strike to protect the scabs fom the strikers and intimidate the union members.
It doesn't take a genius to see that the United States is headed down a slippery slope of socioeconomic erosion. But, who's fault is that? Aren't we "fellow American's" the consumers here? Don't we have control over which items we choose to buy when we go to the store? It's all about control in todays changing socioeconomic situation!
Plain and simple; you stop buying goods. You want the corporations to pay attention to you; you hit them where it hurts! Do you want to be paid a better wage for hauling freight? It's real easy; you take two weeks off and let the freight sit right where it is. Let the freight rot in the warehouses for a few weeks, while you take a nice long well-deserved vacation! After all, what are they going to do if three million truck drivers come down with a two week flu?
We as drivers are untimately at fault for what is happening to our jobs, wages, and our futures! Look, we've already tried to get the politicians to listen to us; and we've already tried to get the media to shine a spotlight on the current situatioin. Both of these efforts have been futile! We must take matters into our own hands if we are to be taken seriously by the corporations!
Why do we continue to haul freight for the same amount of money that we used to haul it for back in the seventies? Are we inherently stupid? Do we really need the money that bad? Well, these are some of the questions that must be answered if we are to come together as an industry and put an end to corporate greed.
Remember, it's all about the situation that we are facing with the big trucking companies; not individul race, color, or creed! If we can unite "as workers" we can then work together to break the hold that large companies have over the industry.
Come on now, it's not like Mexican drivers are intentionally trying to undermine our livelyhoods. It is of my opinion that they will eventually begin to grumble about the harsh working conditions that they are forced to operate under, the dillapidated equipment that endangers their safety as well as the safety of others around them, and the sub-human low wages that they are forced to accept "which are mere scraps that fall from the fat capitalists table!" Now this being said; the corpoations won't be able to hold the Mexican's down indefinitely!
So, the question that one must ask is, how can we speed up this process? How can we show them that there is more to America than cheap wages and corporate dictatorship? And by doing so, convince the Mexican drivers to unite with us in a massive effort to bring the major trucking companies to thier knees!
Yes, we need to do exactly what I said; get the Mexican drivers to rebel against the corporations! We need another Pullman strike, or perhaps a Hayward market strike; something that will expedite "no pun intended" the demise of the monopoly that the major trucking companies have over the freight industy.
After all, we've already witnessed the bitter roots of capitalism. Ie., child labor, the violet resistance to the formation of unions, government officials working with the corporations to crush the will of the people, and the emergence of the pinkerton detectives: an elite group of corporate backed enforcers who were employed during the Carnagie steel strike to protect the scabs fom the strikers and intimidate the union members.
It doesn't take a genius to see that the United States is headed down a slippery slope of socioeconomic erosion. But, who's fault is that? Aren't we "fellow American's" the consumers here? Don't we have control over which items we choose to buy when we go to the store? It's all about control in todays changing socioeconomic situation!
Plain and simple; you stop buying goods. You want the corporations to pay attention to you; you hit them where it hurts! Do you want to be paid a better wage for hauling freight? It's real easy; you take two weeks off and let the freight sit right where it is. Let the freight rot in the warehouses for a few weeks, while you take a nice long well-deserved vacation! After all, what are they going to do if three million truck drivers come down with a two week flu?
We as drivers are untimately at fault for what is happening to our jobs, wages, and our futures! Look, we've already tried to get the politicians to listen to us; and we've already tried to get the media to shine a spotlight on the current situatioin. Both of these efforts have been futile! We must take matters into our own hands if we are to be taken seriously by the corporations!
Why do we continue to haul freight for the same amount of money that we used to haul it for back in the seventies? Are we inherently stupid? Do we really need the money that bad? Well, these are some of the questions that must be answered if we are to come together as an industry and put an end to corporate greed.
Remember, it's all about the situation that we are facing with the big trucking companies; not individul race, color, or creed! If we can unite "as workers" we can then work together to break the hold that large companies have over the industry.
