“For far too long, the lion’s share of the benefits from our increased efficiency has gone to the top, sidelining those who are at the very heart of this production. It’s time to level the playing field, ensuring that our workers directly benefit from these advancements by offering them improved working conditions and an enhanced quality of life.”
If everyone else is working 32 hour weeks and truck drivers are working 70, drivers should quit and get an easier job for the same money. Once the trucking industry starts showing signs of collapse, maybe we’ll actually modernize our country’s rail system like we should’ve done decades ago. There are other alternatives to what we do now. It’s just not currently profitable for companies to do so. So force them to.