Teamsters Document The Disaster Of Deregulation
Deregulation of the trucking industry almost 50 years ago produced a Wild West of fly-by-night operators, declining wages and abominable working conditions—such as workers driving too many hours on too little sleep—and scattershot service to shippers, the Teamsters say in a long analysis of the history of the industry. It’s printed in the latest issue of the union’s magazine.
And the deregulatory saga is relevant today, and not just in trucking, though the union doesn’t say so. That’s because the GOP regime of anti-union President Donald Trump has embarked on deregulation with a vengeance since he returned to the White House on Jan. 20, 2025.