{"product_id":"sweatshops-on-wheels-michael-h-belzer-9780195128864","title":"Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation","description":"Long hours, low wages, and unsafe workplaces characterized sweatshops a hundred years ago. These same conditions plague American trucking today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eSweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the dark side of government deregulation in America's interstate trucking industry. In the years since deregulation in 1980, median earnings have dropped 30% and most long-haul truckers earn less than half of pre-regulation wages. Work weeks average more than sixty hours. Today, America's long-haul truckers are working harder and earning less than at any time during the last four decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by a former long-haul trucker who now teaches industrial relations at Wayne State University, \u003cem\u003eSweatshops on Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e raises crucial questions about the legacy of trucking deregulation in America and casts provocative new light on the issue of government deregulation in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael H. Belzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195128869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195128864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.66h x 6.38w x 0.97d","brand":"Michael H. Belzer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914191732991,"sku":"9780195128864","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6454cf29-3dfb-4c1b-8b9f-449c7b78e1d2.jpg?v=1680640868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sweatshops-on-wheels-michael-h-belzer-9780195128864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}