Originally Posted by
exwaterski
Without even reading the article or knowing anything about the trucking industry I can guess that like aviation they have driven wages down to the point that nobody wants to do it anymore. Just be glad you work in one of the few unionized industries left in 'murica.
This.
When everyone wants to be in business management or engineering, there is still labor to be done, and you need laborers to do it. When you treat them like crap, they study to be in business management or engineering.
Then everyone's all surprised when they don't have a steady stream of trained laborers.