The big rig : trucking and the decline of the American dream /

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"'The Big Rig' looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Truckers are now working longer hours and for less pay than they were fifty years ago. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Viscelli, Steve, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Temas:
Independent truck drivers > United States.
Trucking > United States.
Camionnage > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Independent truck drivers
Trucking
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Where did all these bad jobs come from?
  • The CDL mill: training the professional steering-wheel holder
  • Cheap freight, cheap drivers: work as a long-haul trucker
  • The big rig: running the contractor confidence game
  • Working for the truck: the harsh reality of contracting
  • Someone to turn to: managing contractors from an arm's length away
  • "No More Jimmy Hoffas": desperate drivers and divided labor.

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