Western Conference of Teamsters
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Page : 516 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Labor unions
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Page : 516 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Labor unions
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Author : L. A. O'Donnell
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Page : 546 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Labor unions
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Page : 1362 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Highway transport workers
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Author : International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Western Conference of Teamsters
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Labor unions
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Page : 904 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Labor laws and legislation
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Petitions and briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Author : United States. Congress
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Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Law
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Author : International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America
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Page : 1466 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Labor unions
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Hawaii
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Page : 504 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 1960-10
Category : Electronic journals
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Author : Steve Viscelli
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520962710
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.