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What's the Point of Union Trucking Regulations?
Amazon would not exist if trucking regulations had not been massively changed in the United States. Wages for truck drivers went down enormously, and that's what made it affordable to cart enormous amounts of consumer goods across the country. So essentially what union contracts sort of force people, force employers to do against their will is to recognize that workers are an equal partner in the creation of value. They should be protected as such.
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