Driving the Economy: The Essential and Undervalued Work of Truckers — Resources
Books
Viscelli, Steve. “The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream.” University of California Press. April 2016.
Articles and Reports
“Desiree Wood, Truck Driver & Organizer.” National Employment Law Project. April 16, 2024.
“The Insurance and Legal Complexities of Autonomous Trucks.” REAL Women In Trucking. March 2, 2025.
“Immediate Solutions to Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Trucking.” REAL Women In Trucking. December 12, 2022.
Durrum, Jessica, et al.“The Dog’s Tail: Fighting Port Trucking’s Big Lie.” LAANE. December 7, 2023.
McNicholas, Celine, and Margaret Poydock. “How California’s AB5 protects workers from misclassification.” Economic Policy Institute. November 14, 2019.
Rush, Steve, et al. “Findings On Common Leasing Arrangements Available To Drivers Of Commercial Motor Vehicles Including Lease-Purchase Agreements.” Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. January 2025.
Viscelli, Steve.“Driverless? Autonomous Trucks And The Future Of The American Trucker.” UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and Working Partnerships USA. September 2018.
Viscelli, Steve.“Will Robotic Trucks Be ‘Sweatshops on Wheels?” Science and Technology, 37(1). 2020.
Semuels, Alana. “The Truck Driver Shortage Doesn’t Exist. Saying There Is One Makes Conditions Worse for Drivers.” TIME. November 12, 2021.
Semuels, Alana. “As the Trucking Bubble Bursts, Independent Drivers Struggle.” TIME. September 13, 2023.
Semuels, Alana. “Why Trucking Has a Training Problem.” TIME. February 7, 2022.
Podcasts
FMCSA chief Robin Hutcheson and post-PIB biz talk, part 2 | Overdrive
Legislation and Government Documents
“Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act.” U.S. Department of Labor.
“Fact Sheet: The Biden-Harris Administration Trucking Action Plan To Strengthen America’s Trucking Workforce.” The White House. December 16, 2021.
“Fact Sheet 13: Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).” U.S. Department of Labor. Revised March 2024.
“National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2023.” Bureau of Labor Statistics. December 19, 2024.
Websites and Additional Resources
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Women of Trucking Advisory Board — Federal Motor Safety Carrier Administration