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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Viscelli, Steve, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Trucking.
Independent truck drivers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
Camionnage > États-Unis.
Trucking > United States.
Independent truck drivers > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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