Truckers won their demands after the shutdown, and the strike gave rise to the influential Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association. Between 19, independent truck drivers organized over CB radio to shut down trucking across the US for multiple days in protest of skyrocketing oil prices. They've largely failed, but that's not to say that the technology-based organizing tactic is doomed forever.Īnd if Black Smoke Matters succeeds, it wouldn't be the first time naysayers were proved wrong. Steve Viscelli, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, said social-media-organized trucker strikes have been common since the late 2000s. "I would be shocked if anything was successful," Michael Belzer, an associate professor of economics at Wayne State University who has studied trucking for decades, told Business Insider. "I'm afraid organizing on Facebook is a little unrealistic."Įxperts aren't sure if truckers can succeed in this latest strike effort. Many truckers have told Business Insider that the federal mandate cut down on their wages, freedom, and safety.īut experts who study trucking labor said Black Smoke Matters isn't likely to succeed. The mandate requires truckers to keep an electronic log in their cabins to ensure they don't work for more than 14 hours a day or drive more than 11, in accordance with the hours-of-service law. At the top of the list is the electronic-logging-device (ELD) mandate, which came into effect in December 2017. The group's goal is for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take truckers' side of things into account when considering new policies. Read more: Thousands of truckers in a Facebook group called 'Black Smoke Matters' are planning a one-day nationwide strike this April Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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