truck drivers

Driverless trucks: economic tsunami may swallow one of most common US jobs

Driverless trucks: economic tsunami may swallow one of most common US jobs
America is producing more than ever before, but it is doing so with fewer and fewer workers. Once trucks become automated, where will these jobs go?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/16/self-driving-trucks-a...
Once replaced by automation, where will all the trucking jobs go? Photograph: Wojciech Lorbiecki/Alamy

New federal rules will subject truck drivers to more monitoring than ever

New federal rules will subject truck drivers to more monitoring than ever
And they're not very happy about it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/24/new-federal-rules...
By Lydia DePillis December 24

Soon under surveillance. (Photo by flickr user @tomsaint, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license)
For his entire career in truck driving, Bryan Spoon has tried to move toward being his own boss.

The War on Pensions Goes Federal

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