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Download or read book The Big Rig written by Steve Viscelli and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Understanding Motor Carrier Claims by : Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC
Download or read book Understanding Motor Carrier Claims written by Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road by : Finn Murphy
Download or read book The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road written by Finn Murphy and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
Book Synopsis Trucking Country by : Shane Hamilton
Download or read book Trucking Country written by Shane Hamilton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trucking Country is a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. Shane Hamilton paints an eye-opening portrait of the rural highways of the American heartland, and in doing so explains why working-class populist voters are drawn to conservative politicians who seemingly don't represent their financial interests. Hamilton challenges the popular notion of "red state" conservatism as a devil's bargain between culturally conservative rural workers and economically conservative demagogues in the Republican Party. The roots of rural conservatism, Hamilton demonstrates, took hold long before the culture wars and free-market fanaticism of the 1990s. As Hamilton shows, truckers helped build an economic order that brought low-priced consumer goods to a greater number of Americans. They piloted the big rigs that linked America's factory farms and agribusiness food processors to suburban supermarkets across the country. Trucking Country is the gripping account of truckers whose support of post-New Deal free enterprise was so virulent that it sparked violent highway blockades in the 1970s. It's the story of "bandit" drivers who inspired country songwriters and Hollywood filmmakers to celebrate the "last American cowboy," and of ordinary blue-collar workers who helped make possible the deregulatory policies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and set the stage for Wal-Mart to become America's most powerful corporation in today's low-price, low-wage economy. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Book Synopsis Trucking Business Startup 2021-2022 by : Clement Harrison
Download or read book Trucking Business Startup 2021-2022 written by Clement Harrison and published by Muze Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to build a trucking business from scratch, even if you have zero business background With the surge of online shopping all over the world, the logistics and warehousing industries are more in demand than ever. Trucking is an essential part of this supply chain, accounting for over 70% of all freight transported in the United States and worth over $700 billion. Do you want to get a piece of this incredibly gigantic pie, even if you don't have hundreds of dollars to invest? Actually, you can. Starting your own trucking company doesn't have to be something reserved for major corporations with bottomless wallets. Even an ordinary individual like you can start a trucking business in just 30 days with some guts, determination, creative thinking, and the help of this straightforward guide to starting your own trucking company. In Trucking Business Startup 2021, you will discover: The best way to get regular customers for your business without having to give any commission How to negotiate higher rates on your loads without employing sneaky tactics by using these easy-to-implement strategies The first thing you should do before choosing a truck so you don't end up with half-empty trucks 8 common reasons why trucking businesses fail within the first year, and how to make sure you're not one of them What to look for on a load board that will get you better deals and more bargaining power A little-known trick to save money on fuel that goes against common sense thinking, but will benefit you in the long run Up-to-date information on the applicable laws and regulations that you need to comply with before you start And much more. Maybe you've been working in the trucking industry for years, tolerating long journeys and lonely nights, and you want to be able to finally work on your own terms. Maybe you don't have any experience in trucking, but you smell a lucrative opportunity in this solid industry. No matter what your background and reason for wanting to get into trucking, if you're serious about having your own trucking company, you'll need to enter with eyes wide open. As in any business, there will be plenty of hurdles to overcome, especially in a highly regulated industry like this. From setting up your company, to dealing with strict regulations, ensuring safety, minimizing costs, finding loads, and hiring and retaining quality drivers, you've got a lot of hard work ahead of you. But once you've gone through the growing pains and get through to the other side, it will be all worth it. More freedom, independence, and flexibility, plus a bigger share of the profits. What else are you waiting for? If you don't want to miss out on the profits from a $700 billion-dollar (and growing!) industry, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.
Download or read book Semi Queer written by Anne Balay and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people routinely subjected to prejudice, hatred, and violence in their hometowns and in the job market, trucking can provide an opportunity for safety, welcome isolation, and a chance to be themselves--even as the low-wage work is fraught with tightening regulations, constant surveillance, danger, and exploitation. The narratives of minority and queer truckers underscore the working-class struggle to earn a living while preserving one's safety, dignity, and selfhood. Through the voices of drivers from marginalized communities who spend eleven- to fourteen-hour days hauling America's commodities in treacherous weather and across mountain passes, Semi Queer reveals the stark differences between the trucking industry's crushing labor practices and the perseverance of its most at-risk workers.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1650 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Examining Current Conditions in the Trucking Industry and the Possible Necessity for Change in the Manner and Scope of Its Regulations by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Download or read book Examining Current Conditions in the Trucking Industry and the Possible Necessity for Change in the Manner and Scope of Its Regulations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :864 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Economic Regulation of the Trucking Industry by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Download or read book Economic Regulation of the Trucking Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Braking the Special Interests by : Dorothy Robyn
Download or read book Braking the Special Interests written by Dorothy Robyn and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980 Congress voted to eliminate the federal system of protective regulation over the powerful trucking industry, despite fierce opposition. This upset marked a rare example in American politics of diffuse public interests winning out over powerful economic lobbies. In Braking the Special Interests Dorothy Robyn draws upon firsthand observations of formal proceedings and behind-the-scenes maneuverings to illuminate the role of political strategy in the landmark trucking battle. Robyn focuses her analysis on four elements of strategy responsible for the deregulator's victory—elements that are essential, she argues, to any successful policy battle against entrenched special interests: the effective use of economic data and analysis to make a strong case for the merits of reform; the formation and management of a diverse lobbying coalition of firms and interest groups; presidential bargaining to gain political leverage; and transition schemes to reduce uncertainty and cushion the blow to losers. Drawing on political and economic theory, Braking the Special Interests is an immensely rich and readable study of political strategy and skill, with general insights relevant to current political battles surrounding trade, agriculture, and tax policies. Robyn's interdisciplinary work will be of great value to scholars and practitioners of politics, economics, and public policy.
Book Synopsis What You Didn't Learn in Trucking School by : Janet Walker
Download or read book What You Didn't Learn in Trucking School written by Janet Walker and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT YOU DIDN'T LEARN IN TRUCKING SCHOOL is a refreshingly frank and delightful pocket guide that offers practical advice and etiquette tips for truck drivers. Being a truck driver is not easy. Truckers' challenges include working long hours, being hundreds of miles from home and constantly trying to avoid or prevent hazards on the roadway. The biggest complaint truck drivers have? Other truck drivers! Especially the ones with toilet habits you wouldn't tolerate from kindergartners. Janet Walker shares with readers the opinions, gripes and peeves she has collected from drivers during her 12 years in the trucking industry. To help remedy these problems, she offers solutions that, if implemented, can help make the trucking lifestyle more enjoyable and more respectful for the men and women who are the heroes of our country's highways. This little book of etiquette is a valuable guide for anyone who wants to be a truck driver in America-and who wants to know which habits to avoid as they travel the road to truck-driving success.
Book Synopsis Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Pocketbook (7orsa) by : J J Keller
Download or read book Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Pocketbook (7orsa) written by J J Keller and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Trucking Mergers and Concentration by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business
Download or read book Trucking Mergers and Concentration written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Senate staff study "Trucking Mergers, Concentration, and Small Business: An Analysis of Interstate Commerce Commission Policy, 1950-56" by Walter Adams and James B. Hendry (p. 211-384).
Book Synopsis Truck Accident Litigation by : Laura Ruhl Genson
Download or read book Truck Accident Litigation written by Laura Ruhl Genson and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2006 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by industry professionals, engineers, reconstructionists, and litigators experienced in the trucking field, this comprehensive guidebook provides a strong knowledge base of the trucking industry and serves as a how to for handling a commercial motor vehicle case from intake to trial. The book covers: the lawyer's role in a truck accident investigation; data collection, site, vehicle, and electronic evidence; spoliation of evidence; driving situations (weather conditions, hazardous materials, human factors); on-board electronics; tires, wheels and brakes; technology (what exists, how to use it, and admissibility in court); the plaintiff and defense perspectives; changes from the engineering perspective with respect to engine configuration, speed, and more; and the trial.
Book Synopsis Where the Devil Don't Stay by : Stephen Deusner
Download or read book Where the Devil Don't Stay written by Stephen Deusner and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, Patterson Hood recruited friends and fellow musicians in Athens, Georgia, to form his dream band: a group with no set lineup that specialized in rowdy rock and roll. The Drive-By Truckers, as they named themselves, grew into one of the best and most consequential rock bands of the twenty-first century, a great live act whose songs deliver the truth and nuance rarely bestowed on Southerners, so often reduced to stereotypes. Where the Devil Don’t Stay tells the band’s unlikely story not chronologically but geographically. Seeing the Truckers’ albums as roadmaps through a landscape that is half-real, half-imagined, their fellow Southerner Stephen Deusner travels to the places the band’s members have lived in and written about. Tracking the band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Richmond, Virginia, to the author’s hometown in McNairy County, Tennessee, Deusner explores the Truckers’ complex relationship to the South and the issues of class, race, history, and religion that run through their music. Drawing on new interviews with past and present band members, including Jason Isbell, Where the Devil Don’t Stay is more than the story of a great American band; it’s a reflection on the power of music and how it can frame and shape a larger culture.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :356 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis Trucking Industry Deregulation by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Download or read book Trucking Industry Deregulation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Entering the Trucking Business by : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Download or read book Entering the Trucking Business written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nevada's Teamsters, Truckers & Truck Stops by : Jerry Aaron
Download or read book Nevada's Teamsters, Truckers & Truck Stops written by Jerry Aaron and published by Wadsworth Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a chronicle of trucking in the Silver State begins with the Teamsters of the late 1800s and follows the transportation trail as it progressed from bullwhacker to throttle jockey. It provides an insight into the building of Nevada-based trucking companies and is a narrative of early trucking The book will place the reader in the cab of a trucking time machine that covers over a hundred and fifty years of Nevada’s transportation industry.
