Truck drivers' salaries have decreased by as much as 50% since the 1970s. Economists say The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 is partially to blame for the devaluation of one of America's most dependable ...

Trucking is powered by 1.8 million long-haul truck drivers, who move around 71% of America's freight.; Many of them were unionized as recently as the 1970s, but a deregulation bill passed in 1980 ...

Today, drivers get paid about 40% less than they did in the late 1970s, Viscelli says, but are twice as productive as they were then. Now that truck drivers are gig workers, ...

America needs more truck drivers. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now ... “Everyone thinks of truck driving in that 1970s “outlaws on the road” in a rumbling old truck,” she said.

Trucking companies have had a tough time hiring drivers willing to hit the road for long hauls. Now the U.S. is speeding toward a critical shortage of truck drivers in the next few years and ...

Back in the 1970s, there was even a network television drama, Movin' On, ... the truck driving life makes for a decent short-hand illustration of what's gone wrong with working-class America, ...