No, there's not "someone else" to do the job of driving big rigs, especially the road-trains in Australia... nor are there any other rigs to be driven, nor anyone to transport new rigs if the strike is on. If the goods have to be divided up and delivered in pickup trucks (e.g.), prices would be untenable for all the the wealthiest.
Super pricy & expensive goods get .... hijacked. If the prices for goods in the bed of a pickup skyrocket, it becomes a reasonable target for pirates.
I may not know all the dynamics of road trains in Oz. But I do know what businesses have done here. There are a ton of subcontractors that can do the same jobs as big rig drivers. They may not have the Class license they need to deliver goods in a big rig. But they will still do the job. I have seen it done through companies I have worked for.
Prices of goods can go up, sure. But it won't stop people from buying the necessities. The trailers that people can deliver shit in will still have lots of room, and you can place padlocks on them. So stealing becomes a non-factor. But I guess we'll have to see what happens.
The way you stop the delivery of goods is to think about the ways businesses could get around using big rigs. So I pose these questions to Aussies so they can stop it. And why are we talking about the wealthiest purchasing goods? This would affect everyone.
How the hell are they going to "do the same job" when the highways are blocked with rigs? What rigs are they going to use to "do the job" if all the rigs are tied up? The logistics involved with logistics can't just be replaced with more tyranny and scabs.
I'd like to add, it takes all of 4 second to knock a pad lock off. Pad locks and seals on our trailers are only there to keep the honest man out and to insure to the receiver that the load hasn't been tampered with.
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