Human Resources What drives trucker compensation low? November 3, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – In his groundbreaking book Sweatshops on Wheels, published at the turn of the century, Michael H. Belzer argued that truck driver compensation was so low because the…
Transportation The South Asian trucker: Under pressure from all sides April 9, 2020 BRAMPTON, Ont. – In his hit Truck Union music videos, featuring gleaming rigs, beautiful women and fancy cars, Surjit Khan sings about an imaginary luxury life as a longhaul driver,…
Health & Safety Lakehead tries to figure out trucker depression January 15, 2020 THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Stress and poor mental health are already known to affect many longhaul truckers. Now, researchers at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., are…
