Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo...
by analog31 on Monday May 22, 2017 @10:03PM
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In the past, a wage job like trucking wasn't a road to the middle class. It was the middle class. I grew up in what was supposedly a middle class neighborhood -- little tract houses, families with one wage earner, and one stay-at-home parent. A lot of the adults worked in the car plants, steel mill, machine shops, or other jobs that didn't require college education. Among those with college degrees, many didn't earn substantially more than the wage workers, e.g., school teachers, nurses, etc.
Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo...
by dingo_bat on Monday May 22, 2017 @11:37PM
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Exactly, and that's what I'm surprised about.
Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo...
by Voyage_wanderer on Monday May 22, 2017 @10:19PM
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Apparently, you know very little about the job and how much brain function (mind you, I didn't say education) it requires. And how difficult it is.(just search London taxi drivers study in your favorite search engine) And, at its base lavel how underpaid it is.
Last time I checked, 9/10 of Arkansas working population was involved in trucking or logistic industry. As a side note. Automizing this job will bring total and enormous poverty to US
Glad to see that truckers are feeling the pinch. If they are even a bit smart, they should leave and do something else. Even repairing trucks along the Highway may be a better job.
Somewhat tangential, but I hate this notion people seem to harbour, that any kind of job should be able to provide dignified living. No. If your work is shitty and super replaceable and doesn't need much brain power you will live in poverty.