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appalachiablue

(42,896 posts) Wed Nov 17, 2021, 10:53 AM Nov 2021

How Trucking Went From One of the Best Jobs in America to One of the Worst

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How Trucking Went From One of the Best Jobs in America to One of the Worst (Original Post) appalachiablue Nov 2021 OP

70's with the CB craze, they were America's cowboys. 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #2

Some percent of company drivers... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #4

That's how I started out... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #6

I'm not sure of all the particulars... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #7

3Hotdogs

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1. 70's with the CB craze, they were America's cowboys.

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 12:13 PM

Nov 2021

Kings of the open road.

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2naSalit

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3. Some percent of company drivers...

Reply to Chin music (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 17, 2021, 01:05 PM

Nov 2021

Are union. The rest are not, particularly those who own their trucks or a small fleet. Drivers at large corporations are often unionized but not all and the companies fight against it, remember Amazon in Alabama last year?

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2naSalit

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5. That's how I started out...

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Wed Nov 17, 2021, 01:34 PM

Nov 2021

As an owner operator but I have driven for numerous other type operations.

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2naSalit

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7. I'm not sure of all the particulars...

Reply to Chin music (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 17, 2021, 02:20 PM

Nov 2021

Of what it's like now, I retired in 1992. But I saw very little improvement in the plight of the drivers since the mid 1970s so there's that.

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