Today is Saturday and its not here yet, [was shipped by UPS] I called and ran the tracking # and was told they had tried to deliver it twice. They informed me it would be delivered again Monday.

I ran back the security tapes & can find no where that a UPS truck pulled up to the gates.

So I guess we will just have to wait till monday and see if they delv it then ????????

Anyway as soon as it’s delv, We will post color pictures of it for all to see.

We will give it away Labor Day to the member that sign’s up the highest # of new member’s

Good luck to all.

Dan

It was sent to me by several people that I had called for another shutdown, WRONG, we are working hand in hand with several gov officials at this time and a strike would do us more harm than good.

If you see any such post on any website please send the links to me so we can get them removed ASAP.

Thank You,
Dan Little

The song titled “What they gonna do when the big rigs don’t roll” was written for the American Truck Driver.

Allen & Ayres, donate a percentage of each download to the OOU Inc.

It is downloadable on the web. Click Here!

Pat was chosen for her long hours of work she has dedicated to the OOU Inc, & her actions in presenting the diesel-gas equality tax bill to a congressman from Fla.
Pat also spent several days working with a german TV network, filming about the OOU Inc & american trucking issues. The doc. will air worldwide on June 22,2008. thus giving the OOU world wide notice.
Pat serves as a State rep from Fla.
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Jim was chosen for the outstanding work he has done on behalf of the OOU Inc.

Jim serves on the B O D , also as a State rep, and serves as Web-director for the main OOU web site.

jim takes care of a lot of the day to day grind of the OOU and also has a major hand in the Media Relations of our Assoc.
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Congrat’s to both of you,
And thanks for the great job.

Just wanted to applaud your efforts yesterday at the Albany truckers protest! Good for you guys! You and yours are right on the mark with the fuel taxes, price of fuel and inattention/lack of response from elected officials. From the Administration on down to local politicos there is a blind eye turned our way.

We are a group of independent log truck owner/operators out in Washington state. (Southwest Washington to be specific)  Tomorrow (6/21) we are staging a fuel protest at Exit 72 off of Interstate 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.   This is our second protest since April. The high cost of diesel is killing us all and we are slated for a fuel tax increase July 1 of nine and a half cents a gallon.

It is our goal tomorrow to get some answers from our politicians and a “holiday” from the tax increase. Washington state has one of the highest fuel tax rates in the nation; we pay 28 cents per gallon now with 37 cents peeking over the horizon. Couple that with federal fuel tax and we are out of the park.

The log truckers in the state have not had a raise in hauling compensation since 1986! I know that sounds unbelievable, but true. The surcharges paid by Weyerhaeuser Corporation (the big gun in this area) is at 17% — an insult for sure.  We are at the liberty of the logging contractors who set the hauling rates and have been working with our state legislators for a “rubber stamp” approval of negotiating our own fees. We had a Bill in the hopper this past session that made it out of committee and back to the floor for a vote, but died there because of the “short session” this year (every other year we have a regular session and we’ll be back in 09 to push the Bill through.)

This has gotten lengthy, but I wanted to give you a peek at what we are doing and who we are.  I’ll be giving an interview today on Sirius Radio’s Trucker News with Evan Lockridge at 2 p.m. your time.  Take a listen if you have a chance.

I would love to see ALL OF US TRUCKERS have protests either simultaneously or concurrently until we get some action. Small businesses are being upended for sure.  Take care and pass my congratulation to your members !

Sincerely,

Sherrie Bond
Executive Director
Northwest Log Truckers Cooperative
360-880-4818

We will allow time for the postal service to deliver these plaques before we release the names of the two.

So, the question is “Who is getting one of these plaques & what did he / she do to earn this award” ?

From the plaque’s

This certificate is awarded to

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” In recognition of outstanding service and commitment to Owner-Operators United Inc. and in paticular for assistance and leadership in promoting the ideas and agenda of this association by serving as an OOU Inc. representative”

The plaques also have a letter with them.

Thank You
Dan Little

Here are a few links with information about the Truck Rally going on today.

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S482894.shtml?cat=300&v=1

http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?bcpid=1137806146&bclid=1143371293&bctid=1618618444