The Big Rig : Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream Paperback / softback
by Steve Viscelli
Paperback / softback
Description
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels.
The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage.
But it wasn't always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States.
The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it.
Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry.
He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors.
He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking's labor markets - once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history - into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:284 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:12/04/2016
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- ISBN:9780520278127
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Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:284 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:12/04/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520278127