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ahem, son of trucker.. truckers never made six figure salaries and my father was a union trucker during unoin's heyday ie the teasmsters

hga 12y ago
"truckers never made six figure salaries" Are you sure that's true after adjusting for inflation, at least in the ICC regulated days? Teamsters, though ... two specific incidents around the same time when I was coming of age helped turn me totally against trade unions, the UMW murder of Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter, and at the local level in the Teamster's union and locally to me, the murder of one John Galt (oh, the irony) by shooting his explosives laden truck (which could have killed others, it certainly did a number on the shooters on the overpass he was approaching).
turnip1979 12y ago
I don't want to contradict you but I've heard different things. I had a student in a CS program who told me that he was getting a truck after graduating. His brothers were in the business and making 6 figures. This was in the days that a new grad would make 50K as a starting salary in tech if they were awesome. This is a data point from Canada btw. Edit - might there be a difference if you own the truck vs. just being a driver? I don't know the details of the industry.
- at-fates-hands 12y ago
  >> Edit - might there be a difference if you own the truck vs. just being a driver? I don't know the details of the industry. I have an uncle who's a repo man. 80% of his business is collecting big rigs when the owner falls behind in payments. Trucking is an incredibly tough industry to be in. If you don't own the truck, you have a monthly payment that's almost equal to your house payment. Throw in gas prices going through the roof, and you're lucky to make a decent salary,
enraged_camel 12y ago
Read what he wrote more carefully. He said, "and [they] made what would be six-figure salaries today." As in today's dollars.

hga 12y ago

"truckers never made six figure salaries" Are you sure that's true after adjusting for inflation, at least in the ICC regulated days? Teamsters, though ... two specific incidents around the same time when I was coming of age helped turn me totally against trade unions, the UMW murder of Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter, and at the local level in the Teamster's union and locally to me, the murder of one John Galt (oh, the irony) by shooting his explosives laden truck (which could have killed others, it certainly did a number on the shooters on the overpass he was approaching).

turnip1979 12y ago

I don't want to contradict you but I've heard different things. I had a student in a CS program who told me that he was getting a truck after graduating. His brothers were in the business and making 6 figures. This was in the days that a new grad would make 50K as a starting salary in tech if they were awesome. This is a data point from Canada btw. Edit - might there be a difference if you own the truck vs. just being a driver? I don't know the details of the industry.

at-fates-hands 12y ago
>> Edit - might there be a difference if you own the truck vs. just being a driver? I don't know the details of the industry. I have an uncle who's a repo man. 80% of his business is collecting big rigs when the owner falls behind in payments. Trucking is an incredibly tough industry to be in. If you don't own the truck, you have a monthly payment that's almost equal to your house payment. Throw in gas prices going through the roof, and you're lucky to make a decent salary,

enraged_camel 12y ago

Read what he wrote more carefully. He said, "and [they] made what would be six-figure salaries today." As in today's dollars.