Episode 37: The Problems with Black Smoke Matters

JANUARY 9, 2019

I saw an article today on Business Insider that I need to discuss. The “trucker rights” group Black Smoke Matters is getting attention in the media for the shutdown/strike they have planned in April 2019. This group does not represent me and I will not be associated with them in any way. 

Link: Business Insider article on Driver Wages in the 1970’s and the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 

Link: Business Insider article on ELD’s

Link:  The Book - The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the Economy Bigger  

Chris Polk