Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway People’

Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by adrr on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:59PM (#14396466)

Could always form a union. Low skill jobs income has declined with the decline of unions representing them.

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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by nerfhammer on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:12PM (#14396558)

Long haul truckers are very often (usually?) owner-operators that own the truck themselves and pick up hauling contracts; they aren't employees.

Otherwise there are teamsters, which are very heavily unionized.

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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by dv_dt on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:22PM (#14397042)

Is there anything in between? Small to med cooperatives of long-haul truckers?

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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by dredmorbius on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:39PM (#14406016)

Guild, then.

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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by Spooky23 on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:53PM (#14397234)

Nope. Look at trucks on interstates, most are from the South or Midwest right to work states on the east coast.

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