A tanker truck is shown during morning rush hour on a freeway in Los Angeles, California June 10, 2008. gallon. California became the first state in the country to force big diesel trucks to clean up their exhaust, despite warnings from truckers the new rules will force them out of business. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
California needs to pass rules limiting morons in the State government as well as morons like Pelosi, Feinstein, and Boxer representing the State. We seem to have an over abundance of clueless politicians in this state just like Massachusetts and Illinois.
Hubba Hubba!
California will lose its trucking industry and then gladly pay out of state/country businesses to do it for them... or starve.
In the meantime, consider these investments:
CLNE
WPRT
Now available at bargain prices.
cough, cough PING!
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Big diesel trucks should just avoid California. If you don’t go there, you don’t have to live with the rules and the people who made the rules will either starve in the dark or move to where the food is and STFU.
Ya know there’s not a law on the books I know of that says trucks must deliver any goods to California unless they are under a state, federal, or private contract to do so. Otherwise the trucks may go where they please and take loads they please elsewhere. Meaning let the rigs stay out and see how quick it’s lawmakers fall to their knees. The time frame of their surrender would be measured in hours.
They may lead on junk science about climate change, but that's about it.
they can vote anything they want but... it might take awhile.
Corning Inc. lays off 43 local workers
ERWIN, N.Y. – Forty-three workers at these Corning plants in the town of Erwin are out of a job. The local union president says he and his members fear they’re not going to be the only ones.
“Will it get worse? How much worse will it get? How long will it be before the economy at least finally hits the bottom so we can start to hope to see it pick up? And right now it just feels more like a freefall,” said Michael Walker, Local 1000 President.
Corning has recently announced plans to scale back to weather the struggling economy. Those plans have included staff reductions. But for the most part, they’ve been in other states and countries. Now the layoffs are hitting home.
“We have seen before where here in the Valley, we’re going really strong, yet some of the branch plants are being hurt because their particular part of the economy is being affected. But what’s really different with this is looks like all sectors of the economy are going to be impacted by it,” Walker said.
Corning’s Diesel and Erwin plants make parts for diesel engines and the union president says their fate is somewhat tied to that of the ailing automotive industry. Corning officials say the economy is affecting the diesel and other businesses. The union president says the company has been handling the situation as well as can be expected.
“Corning’s been very good about communicating with us the best they can. And they don’t like to pull that trigger any quicker than they have to. But they have also shared their concern about how soft the businesses are,” said Walker.
In a statement, Corning officials say they don’t have any other layoffs to announce. But they said, “We continue to closely monitoring this situation and will make the necessary business decisions to maintain profitability and meet our customer needs.”
At a technology conference Wednesday, Corning’s chief financial officer told attendees the company could make more layoffs or reductions to adjust to a lower sales rate. He said Corning would announce any decisions with fourth quarter earnings next month.
