Further up the supply chain, manufacturing delays would become rampant. Computer and auto manufacturers, for instance, build their goods as components are received throughout the day.Some truckers say the strikes are immoral"Shutting down freight and stopping down movement for medical supplies and things like that is putting terror on the general public," truck driver Chad Teague told Business Insider.
Between 1973 and 1974, independent truck drivers organized over CB radio to shut down trucking across the USFred Waters/AP Around 100,000 truckers were laid off, and the National Guard was called in Ohio to deploy tear gas and forcibly remove trucks from blocking the highways. There were fatalities, too.
"There was a time in my career — I've been 20 years in the business — I probably would have agreed with these guys," Polk said."But I've grown to understand that my value is tied to what I can do for other people, and that's where I feel that this group is missing the mark, because they're only thinking about themselves. I don't think they care about all the people who are affected.
But, the 1970s truckers won their demands after the shutdown, and the strike gave rise to the influential
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Shutting down the highway? That will not turn out good for them