The port trucking industry relies on outdated federal laws to justify passing all the costs of doing business – including environmental fleet replacement – onto low-income truck drivers and taxpayers while continuing the vicious cycle of working poverty at our nation’s ports.
My experiences with truckers has been limited to commiserating with them in gas stations on endless Texas highways. Not last week. I attended the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference in Washington D.C. and got to know another side of the life of a trucker.
