Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation
"Is low pay in the trucking industry making the nation's roads unsafe [?] With the U.S. economy booming and the demand for drivers mounting, why haven't working conditions for truckers improved? [This book] argues that trucking embodies the dark side of the new economy."-"Sweatshops on Wheels,"U.S.News and World Report"Conditions are so poor and the pay system so unfair that long-haul companies compete with the fast-food industry for workers. Most long-haul carriers experience 100% annual driver turnover.  The case for reform is made exhaustively [in]Sweatshops on Wheels."--The Washington Post"The first credible cry in the wilderness describing the pitiful state to which the American trucking industry has fallen."--Land Line"The cabs of 18-wheelers have become the sweatshops of the new millennium, with some truckers toiling up to 95 hours per week for what amounts to barely more than the minimum wage. [This book] is eye-opening in its appraisal of what the trucking industry has become."-AtlantaJournal-Constitution"The first credible cry in the wilderness describing the pitiful state to which the American trucking industry has fallen."--Land Line