[Alberta's Child]

This article doesn't cover a lot of the issues facing someone who drives a truck for a living, but they do a good job of hitting on the big ones.

Getting paid by the mile is one of the most problematic aspects of a driving career. Under this system, the truck driver ends up bearing the financial burden as well as the heavy personal toll of all the inefficiencies in the motor freight transportation system -- from congestion to Federal hours-of-service rules to inefficient terminal operations where the customer doesn't load or unload the truck very efficiently (and the driver is "on the clock" but isn't getting paid because the truck isn't moving).

I hate to say this, but it's likely that the only way to fix the system is to have the Teamsters make some serious inroads into the trucking industry.

[bigfootbob]

Teamster’s? Gotta be kidding? Right? They are part of the problem.

[KarlInOhio]

to inefficient terminal operations where the customer doesn't load or unload the truck very efficiently (and the driver is "on the clock" but isn't getting paid because the truck isn't moving).

I hate to say this, but it's likely that the only way to fix the system is to have the Teamsters make some serious inroads into the trucking industry.

One problem is that the inefficiency at the dock is often caused by their "union brothers" who always seem to have a lunch or other rest break right when the truck arrives. And if you come in near shift change, you aren't getting anything done until well after the new shift is in.