I agree with all here so far in one way or another.  My husband isn't union, but I fear for his company's staying afloat everyday. They've been doing well, better than in the past few months, but I believe that any of those involved whether a driver or us wives and family worry about the happenings in the trucking industry especially shut downs and loss of jobs, and now a possible strike.  A strike indeed could be devistating to our country. People lose sight of what is a FACT: if you have it, a trucker delivered it.  My prayer is that a strike never happens and as another said, the folks  "get off their butts and do something for the trucker rather than hurting him."  As a trucker's wife, you all have my prayers and do stay safe out there.

Well this is the real story. the What if story is something we need to think about . Somebody needs to get off their butts and do something to help the trucker instead of hurting him.

I agree with nogle1 and ttrucking, the gubermint wouldn't allow this to happen and too many truckers are too close to the edge financially to willfully shut down, go to jail and face stiff penalties for violating court orders, etc. I wonder about a different scenario however.  Suppose (this is an exercise in imagination, after all), suppose somebody comes along with a whiz-bang widget that can power trucks and cars without fuel but has limited production initially.  If the trucking sector really is running on 1%-2% margins as reported and fuel is the biggest expense then those companies that obtain the technology first can underbid everyone else by just a little and get all the business.  If it continues very long, it seems possible a large number of trucking companies could go under.  Not as dramatic as what's depicted in the graphic but could be chaotic.

probably right but it needs to happen long enough to get gov. attention before they put us all on unempolyment

It could happen and it would play out just like this!