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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 541630" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>Coldworld;</p><p></p><p>Not absolutely sure about the number of companies relative to 40 years or so ago, but given the number of trucks running (and drivers operating them) which is vastly greater than 40 years ago, I would assume that the number of companies is greater as well.</p><p></p><p>In terms of the union, however, while there have been non-union companies go out of business as well, one only has to look at the relative number of union vs. non-union companies today compared to a quarter of century ago to see which ones were most likely to survive. I suggest taking a look at the "Lynch testimony"....</p><p></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091104065201/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=2864" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20091104065201/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=2864</a></p><p></p><p>...which contains a list of the 50 top operating freight carriers in 1979 and shows how many were still in business at the time of the testimony (2005....the list of union carriers has decreased since then as well). Not a pretty picture.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, when the number of those under the NMFA has gone from more than three quarters of a million to a tenth of that, it's the union drivers who have lost the most job opportunities...and jobs. No way avoiding that reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 541630, member: 16651"] Coldworld; Not absolutely sure about the number of companies relative to 40 years or so ago, but given the number of trucks running (and drivers operating them) which is vastly greater than 40 years ago, I would assume that the number of companies is greater as well. In terms of the union, however, while there have been non-union companies go out of business as well, one only has to look at the relative number of union vs. non-union companies today compared to a quarter of century ago to see which ones were most likely to survive. I suggest taking a look at the "Lynch testimony".... [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20091104065201/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=2864[/url] ...which contains a list of the 50 top operating freight carriers in 1979 and shows how many were still in business at the time of the testimony (2005....the list of union carriers has decreased since then as well). Not a pretty picture. Obviously, when the number of those under the NMFA has gone from more than three quarters of a million to a tenth of that, it's the union drivers who have lost the most job opportunities...and jobs. No way avoiding that reality. [/QUOTE]
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