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[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wait I genuinely thought truck drivers make way more than that. They used to right? What happened?

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago

They used to make a lot of money, but it hasn’t kept up with inflation and their costs.

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago

What happened to the Teamsters I thought they had a stranglehold on transport and could demand a hefty wage?

[-] Vingst@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

Their leader is doing speeches at the RNC and decrying "woke"

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Yeah I guess I meant what happened to their ability to bargain for good wages

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

It all started when the AFL-CIA kicked out all the communists. Eighty years later, there’s no militancy, no radicals, just labor aristocrats preventing agitation.

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