That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his story.

Re:That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his st... by ctdonath on Thursday August 04, 2011 @06:41AM (#2845366)

"I don't think anybody(or any union for that matter) will stop working just like that."

The trucker's unions in the USA did - hence the aforementioned tearing apart of said unions by the companies and government.

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Re:That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his st... by scarmig on Thursday August 04, 2011 @12:23PM (#2846597)

The last general strike that Teamsters were involved with was 1934.

That's a long time for the companies to react.

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Re:That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his st... by ctdonath on Thursday August 04, 2011 @03:06PM (#2847286)

So what was the big strike - or viable threat thereof - in the 1980s? Was young then, but do remember a big looming question of whether the trucks would continue running.

Don't need an actual strike for an event to count, just a viable threat thereof.

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