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Yup, I have a brother who is a truck driver. It's a brutal industry that looks to screw over it's workers at every angle possible. They try to get you to purc
by cogman10 3y ago
Yup, I have a brother who is a truck driver. It's a brutal industry that looks to screw over it's workers at every angle possible.
They try to get you to purchase your truck, so you are locked in but also so you are on the hook for the inevitable maintenance (we are talking $250k).
They push you to work the limits at every angle. The maximum road time, the maximum ranges/etc.
And when you start talking about 401ks/etc, it's almost always real garbage. Everything is nickel and dimed to the maximum extent possible.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoIs there no union?
- cogman10 3y agoThere are truckers unions, IDK how popular they are. The issue is every truck owner ends up being a "business owner". There's enough freight companies that unionizing can be really tricky. One business will simply die and reform.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agohttps://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-most-of-americas-2-million-long-haul-truck-drivers-arent-unionized https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-most-of-americas-2-mil...