Angry Chinese Truckers Inwards Volume Boom Equally Fuel Costs Overtake Haulage Fees

From The LoadStar, June 12:

Rising fuel prices in addition to strikes have hit China’s truck market.

Truckers across the the world induce got staged volume protests in addition to refused to locomote over the weekend.
They claim carry fees are no longer sustainable inwards the facial expression upwards of ascension fuel costs.

An anonymous social media ship said: “We can’t induce got it anymore, nosotros induce got no selection precisely to stand upwards together.”

It added: “We won’t starve to croak if nosotros don’t locomote for a few days, precisely nosotros volition sure non endure amongst the ridiculously depression carry fees nosotros are existence paid.”

The message called on the country’s xxx 1000000 drivers to bring together the strike in addition to threatened to “smash the vehicle” of whatever who refused to participate.

In the yesteryear 4 days, strikes induce got been recorded inwards Anhui, Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, in addition to Zhejiang.

One striking driver told Radio Free Asia on Mon the protests were besides linked to a ascension feel of chore insecurity, exacerbated yesteryear the introduction of bidding systems for loads.
“Have you lot heard of Yun Man Man? It’s a logistics app, in addition to late they introduced a bidding system, which way that they volition definitely pick the cheapest bid,” said the driver.

“People volition live forced to continue cutting their haulage fee, which is negative competition, [and] that was what triggered [the strike].”...MORE