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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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