In May of this year, an estimated 2,000 independent truck drivers (in conjunction with truck drivers in L.A.) held wildcat strikes to protest high fuel costs, low pay, poor compensation and no benefits at the Port of Oakland. Truckers are again calling for a nationwide strike to protest high fuel prices and working conditions at the nation's ports. The strike, slated for the week of June 28-July 4, has been called to be held in cities throughout the U.S., including Oakland, L.A./Long Beach, Houston, & Hampton Roads, Va.

Due to the Port of Oakland threatening civil lawsuits against the Oakland 3 and initiating further civil actions, the truckers are hesitant to picket. There are no injunctions prohibiting non-truckers from picketing and this time the truckers need the help of the community to hold the picket lines. If the truckers see no picket signs they might believe that the Port of Oakland has succeeded in stopping the independent truckers labor movement and may reluctantly return to work. Community support is desperately needed at the Port of Oakland to let the truckers and the Port of Oakland know that our nationwide movement is real, and will not be shut down by this government agency through attempts to abuse of our financial inability to defend ourselves against civil lawsuits. The Oakland 3 are victims of economic imprisonment, a state of the art tool to keep workers from organizing.

A call was put out for picketers for early Monday morning, June 28th at 6am outside the APL terminal and at the UP terminal to show solidarity with the nationwide shutdown.

Call-out to support the Independent Truckers at the Oakland Docks | IWW Call-out for support | Indybay's coverage of the port strikes in May | IWW's coverage of the truckers' labor movement