California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks::California’s State Senate this week passed a bill which, if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, would require autonomous semi-trailer trucks to have a trained human safety operator whenever they operate on public roads […]

      • @Radium@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        Teamsters have a freight division but the total teamster membership was 1.3 in 2015 and there were 3.6 million truckers in the United States in 2020, so I wouldn’t say most truckers are in a union.

        Teamsters doesn’t disclose what percent of their membership is made up by their freight division

        • @legopika@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          310 months ago

          Don’t forget that the package division(ups) is a large chunk of their membership.

          According to their website “The Package Division is the union’s largest division, serving hundreds of thousands of members throughout North America.”

      • Altima NEO
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        110 months ago

        Dunno shit that. My dad was teamsters, but he was just a warehouse worker.