Oakland, CA. At the Union Pacific Rail Terminal truckers have had enough. Trucks are pulling over in solidarity to protest the rising fuel costs they must shoulder. Most of the truck drivers are only being compensated for 12% of their fuel costs. “We want to work.” Said many of the owner-operator drivers, but they can’t afford to when their fuel costs exceed the fees companies pay them to haul the loads.

Four years ago companies negotiated to pay 5% of the fuel costs above $2.00 per gallon. Drivers protesting say they have not been compensated.

Protesters yell and jeer at trucks passing by. Many fellow truck drivers abruptly stop their rigs and join them. Truckers in surrounding locations are also pulling over to support the cause.

Is this the first sign of things to come? Most economists are in agreement: oil prices are on a permanent upward trajectory. Cities are dependent on food and other goods arriving daily, most cities cannot continue normal activity for more than 72 hours without fresh inventory arriving. The protesting truck drivers at Union Pacific Rail Terminal are addressing this increasingly dangerous crisis now, we should all pay attention. Truck drivers cannot shoulder the impossible burden of endlessly rising fuel costs.