The decision was made after almost 4 hours of meeting in Tramatza: “We stop since Monday, there are 350 of us”. To say it are the Sardinian hauliers, to be exact the owners of various companies. The cost of diesel fuel, which has skyrocketed to levels never seen before, leads to the lockout of a slice of business owners who supply large-scale distribution companies and realities: “Already today, for us, working is a big problem”, Franco explains to Casteddu Online Funedda, hauler from Sassari: “From Monday we will not make deliveries, there will be authorized garrisons in the ports, in Cagliari at Porto Canale. We are still organizing “, but the decision is made:” We do not know when we will resume deliveries, first they will have to accept our requests: the tax exemption of diesel fuel, at 2.50 euros per liter, you cannot work. The stop will start at dawn, we will do what is appropriate to do for ourselves and for all Sardinians “. And the fear of stocks ending in the markets? Funedda is not upset and, on this point, says: “We don’t eat tires, but food like everyone else. We will see what will happen as we go along, in the meantime we will stop on Monday ”.
This was also confirmed by Gabriele Frongia, hauler from San Nicolò D’Arcidano: “We will also protest against expensive fuel in the industrial areas. I have 42 vans, I will keep them all still, it is clear that there may be less stocks also in the markets, since I also serve large-scale distribution. We are asking for a lower diesel price, even the products we use for trucks have had strong increases ”. Nicola Usai di Sestu is also on the same line: “Tomorrow we will make official requests to the Region and we will inform the prefecture. Some shepherds will also belong to us ”. There was no association present at the meeting. And Arnaldo Boeddu, secretary of Filt Sardegna, contacted by our editorial staff, explains: “No one has invited us, we must specify that this is not a strike but a ‘lockout’, given that the owners of part of the companies stop of road transport of Sardinia. Moreover, companies that are not even the largest “. And, in the meantime, in some Sardinian market the shopping rush has started: as evidenced by a photo published by L’Eco di Barbagia and bounced in many chats, a line of people with trolleys outside a discount store in Oristano. Same goes for petrol stations, signal very long queues on the SS 125 and in Iglesias.
