this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
368 points (98.7% liked)
unions
1335 readers
1009 users here now
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I had a parent in the teamsters. My SO's family is largely in trucking as well. So I have sympathy and some ideas of what they're dealing with. Realistically we should be working to replace most long haul trucks with trains. More cost effective, efficient and safer.
On the short haul side, there's little reason most couldn't be hourly. The biggest roadblock being inefficiencies of loading and unloading. Many sitting for hours. Burning time and fuel waiting to load. We can pay truck drivers more while having them work less. And not drastically impact staple goods etc. Recovering a fraction of the value capitalists steal could more than cover that alone.