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 [...]

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.worksEnglish
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    1 年前

    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.zoneEnglish
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      1 年前

      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.”