Corporate Welfare

Welfare on Wheels: The Truth About the Supposed Truck Driver Shortage

Is there really a truck driver shortage? Or are companies just using that story to pull off an outrageous corporate welfare scam?

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A trucker seated in the cab of a truck that says 'Welfare on Wheels' on the door | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source image: Wesley Tingey/Unsplash
(Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source image: Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)

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Gord Magill is a trucker and writer from Ithaca, New York. He is the author of End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers, from which this article is adapted by permission of Creed & Culture.