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Overdrive Radio
Having the ‘difficult conversations’: Race in trucking, wider U.S. culture with owner-op Rico Muhammad
In this week's Overdrive Radio, owner-operator Rico Muhammad details some of his own experiences of police interactions as an African-American. Listen here.
June 25, 2020
Overdrive Extra
What we can do about the physical and emotional violence of chronic stress made manifest
Clifford Petersen urges drivers to start with themselves — recognize the physical and psychological effects of chronic stress and know how to combat them. While “tempers are short, pressure has mounted, stress levels are reaching critical mass …, we all want to get home to our families. Let’s help one another do just that.”
November 15, 2018
Channel 19
Strikes, stonings back in the South African trucking mix
A three-week work stoppage by a majority of South African drivers that resorted in trucker-to-trucker violence shows history can repeat itself just one year on.
October 15, 2012
Channel 19
‘Bring Jabin home’ — rally around jailed driver continues
Yesterday, May 10, Allen and Donna Smith of the Truth About Trucking advocacy organization and AsktheTrucker.com hosted a who’s who of folks involved in the case of Demco Transportation driver Jabin Bogan, who is still being held by Mexican authorities after inadvertently proceeding to the border at El Paso/Juarez while toting a load of military-grade […]
May 11, 2012
Channel 19
South African driver strike approaching closure after a violent week
Always a shame to see haulers around the world taking out their on-road frustrations on their peers. The news in South Africa this morning (photo of striking drivers by Lerato Maduna) is that, after a week of work stoppage by drivers’ unions in that nation that saw more than a little violence perpetrated on haulers […]
February 21, 2011
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