{"product_id":"the-big-rig-steve-viscelli-9780520278127","title":"The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream","description":"Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn't always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Rig\u003c\/i\u003e explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking's labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Viscelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520278127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520278127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Steve Viscelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047276376319,"sku":"9780520278127","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2d4c74c-c59b-4c66-9103-1778d1cb4b27.jpg?v=1684989276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-rig-steve-viscelli-9780520278127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}