Long hours, low wages, and unsafe workplaces characterized sweatshops a hundred years ago. These same conditions plague American trucking today. Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation exposes the dark side of government deregulation in America's interstate trucking industry.
Work weeks average more than sixty hours.
Today, America's long-haul truckers are working harder and earning less than at any time during the last four decades. Written by a former long-haul trucker who now teaches industrial relations at Wayne State University, Sweatshops on Wheels raises crucial questions about the legacy of trucking deregulation in America and casts provocative new light on the issue of government deregulation in general. The author, Jeremy Lipschultz, July 8, 2000. You'll enjoy these photos. If you liked Stan Holtzman's previous books, you'll really like this combination of classic and contemporary photos.