The Big Rig Overhaul

Restoring Middle-Class Jobs at America’s Ports Through Labor Law Enforcement

Rebecca Smith, Paul Alexander Marvy, and John Zerolnick

February 2014

Forward Excerpt:

What you’re about to read is a microcosm of one of the foremost challenges facing the American economy and the workers who keep it running: the fight for a decent pay in return for hard work. In this case, that critical American story is told through the experience of truck drivers in our ports as they fight for fair pay through proper classification.

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