Someone to Turn To: MANAGING CONTRACTORS FROM AN ARM'S LENGTH WAYĦ. Working for the Truck: THE HARSH REALITY OF CONTRACTINGĥ. 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. The Big Rig: RUNNING THE CONTRACTOR CONFIDENCE GAMEĤ. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Cheap Freight, Cheap Drivers: WORK AS A LONG-HAUL TRUCKERģ. The CDL Mill: TRAINING THE PROFESSIONAL STEERING-WHEEL HOLDERĢ. 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.

He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. 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. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States.

The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels.

The Big Rig by Steve Viscelli