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The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream

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Availability:In StockContributor:Steve ViscelliPublish date:2016-04-12Pages:284
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520278127ISBN-10:520278127UPC:9780520278127Book Category:Social Science, Political Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Labor & Industrial Relations, IndustriesBook Topic:Cultural & Social, TransportationSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC2546QWB6
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn't always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States.

The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking's labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520278127ISBN-10:520278127UPC:9780520278127Book Category:Social Science, Political Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Labor & Industrial Relations, IndustriesBook Topic:Cultural & Social, TransportationSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC2546QWB6
Steve Viscelli is a political sociologist and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a senior associate at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. In addition to his academic research, he works with a range of public and private stakeholders to make the trucking industry safer, more efficient, and a better place to work. To learn more, please visit: http: //www.steveviscelli.com/.
Publisher: University of California Press

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