Teamsters Finally Realize That Self Driving Trucks Mean Less Jobs And No Strikes- Now Hide Behind Safety

The head of the 1.4 million member International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is mounting an aggressive effort to persuade Congress to reject new rules to speed the deployment of self-driving trucks, warning they could lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and reduce road safety.

James P. Hoffa, who has headed the union since 1999, said on Tuesday that Congress could help major trucking companies ultimately get rid of drivers by automating vehicles, which would also pose serious risks to American drivers.

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carloslassiter - 9/13/2017 10:33:37 AM

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Nothing safer than a guy who has been driving all night.

qwertyfla - 9/13/2017 11:21:25 AM

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Or bathed in a week...

TomM - 9/13/2017 6:07:13 PM

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THE loss of jobs by workers - union or not - is a problem because there are few jobs where people can make decent wages with a HS education. Unions control the retirement funds of lots of workers - and they cannot maintain those funds unless they continue to exist as well.

I am a union member - the musicians union - and in this situation the Composers and Lyricists would never get their royalties without the union - non-union players only pay when they end up in court. THe situation is not the same as many other things though - and it is only part time for me.

MDarringer - 9/13/2017 6:55:42 PM

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If people in this day and time think a high school education is enough then they deserve to lose their jobs.

Holydude - 9/13/2017 11:35:30 PM

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Spoken like a true Republican who has minimal empathy for anyone else's plights.

However, union will be a thing of the past regardless, considering the speed of automation.

MDarringer - 9/14/2017 8:13:09 AM

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Spoken like a true socialist-fascist Democrat who bullies people rather than having something of value to say.