Monday, January 28, 2019

THE LONG HAUL - Career Truck Driving

"A career truck driver on why his is no longer ‘a middle-class job’" PBS NewsHour 1/24/2019

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Jobs in the trucking industry are increasingly threatened by technology and the rise of driverless trucks.  But what explains the contradictory dynamic between fears of job elimination and a current shortage of truck drivers in the U.S.?  The NewsHour returns to the unusual story of driver Finn Murphy, who left college and a literary family for the open road.  Paul Solman reports.

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