Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor Highlight

Trucking used to be a heavily unionized industry, with high salaries and decent benefits to match. But that all changed after the Carter administration undertook a deregulation spree during the 1970s. The passage of the Motor Carrier Act (MCA) of 1980 cut costs for the consumer, but slashed drivers’ earnings and shifted the onus for highway safety off of the federal government or the employers and onto the individual workers.