![]() ![]() Independent owner-operator truck drivers began protesting at the Port of Oakland on July 19 in opposition to a court ruling that cleared the way for the transport professionals to be subject to Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a California law the strikers believe could detrimentally affect their livelihoods and way of life. Concerns remain that protests could spread to other California ports, resulting in more supply chain disruption.Ī trucker strike is crippling operations at the ninth-busiest container port in the United States, another stick in the spokes of the already disrupted global supply chain and one with potential to impact importers in the promotional products industry and beyond. Protesters being relegated to particular areas enabled trucks to again begin picking up and dropping off cargo at key marine terminals. Protests had crippled operations at the port for about a week. Highlighting a dilemma facing organizers, even as they called for the protest to be “peaceful in conduct,” it is attracting extremist supporters.The Port of Oakland was able to resume normal operations after port leaders and police restricted truckers protesting California’s AB5 “gig worker” law to “free speech zones,” warning that violators would face citation. Sloly said police had evidence of “a significant element from the United States in the funding and organizing” of the protest. Wednesday afternoon, Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly raised another spectre over influence on the protesters. She was in the media for organizing Yellow Vest rallies in Alberta in 2019 and was accused of distributing materials deemed anti-Muslim by critics, but Lich was also trying to distance her group in Medicine Hat from others under the same banner accused of making threats. Her biography in party materials says she worked in the oil and gas industry and in fitness training before being an organizer for Wexit Alberta, a group that suggested the province should merge with the United States. She is the secretary for the Calgary-based Maverick Party, a separatist political party that calls for the creation of an independent nation for Canada’s Western provinces. Late Wednesday, the fundraiser was “paused and under review” to ensure compliance with its terms of service and laws, according to GoFundMeĪrticle content Freedom Convoy 2022 protesters demonstrate near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on January 31, 2022. It seemed ambitious then, but has exploded, standing at more than $10 million. Lich started the GoFundMe fundraiser before the trucks started rolling, to help pay expenses. The convoy liaison said King is “not directly involved in leadership.” The convoy’s media liaison responded to a request from National Post for an interview Wednesday and said he would arrange it, but it did not materialize prior to deadline. King and Lich both previously worked in the Wexit movement, pushing for Western provinces to separate from Canada, and United We Roll, a previous convoy protest in 2019. “If I’m deemed already a domestic terrorist in my own country, well, guess what, I’m gonna denounce my own country.”Ī request for an interview or comment from King went unanswered prior to deadline. You’ve never seen you vote your freedoms back you’ve never been able to jab your way back. “A massive revolution on a huge scale is the only way you’ll ever make a difference on this. That’s the only way something’s gonna happen,” he said in the video. “The only way that - and I’m going to say it out loud - the only way this is gonna be solved is with bullets. King’s role draws scrutiny because of past comments on the utility of violence, during a Facebook livestream in December. King, who has worn a hat with “conspiracy theorist” written on the front for much of the protest, expressed dismay people might read that into his words.ĭespite the backpedal, he continues to broadcast from “a secure location” planning how to “leapfrog out from where we’re at.” Trucks block Wellington Street in Ottawa as a protest against COVID restrictions hits its sixth day, February 2, 2022. ![]() “Tamara has not run off with any money and I never said that.” You guys are like a bunch of little kids listening to hack journalists or hack videos,” he said. So now it is up to the big dogs - who are the organizers, who are the truck drivers, that are dealing with the organization of the trucks and sliding them in and out,” he said. “When I said Tamara is M.I.A., I meant she is missing in action because she is way in over her head dealing with all the stuff she is dealing with. ![]()
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