The Big Rig

Author: Steve Viscelli
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520962710
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking’s labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.

Big Rig Rescue! (Big Rescue)

Author: Chris Gall
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 1324015403
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Chris Gall gives truck books a fresh set of wheels in a bright story of wreckers, tools, towing, and teamwork. When a semi-truck crashes in the snow, Big Orange is ready. With a crane, chains, a webbing strap, outriggers, and a winch, Orange will get the semi back on its wheels—and when the job is too tough to tackle alone, Big Blue is there to help. Together they get the semi free and upright. Now, Orange is ready to tow the semi back to the shop, but a storm is coming.?.?.?.?Good thing Blue is around to help when Orange hits ice! With lively storytelling and engaging artwork, acclaimed author-illustrator Chris Gall motors through a brave and stormy tale of big-rig gadgets and collaboration.

The Big Rig

Author: Steve Viscelli
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520278119
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasnÕt always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States.ÊÊ The Big RigÊexplains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed truckingÕs labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.

Big Rig [Board Book]

Author: Jamie A. Swenson
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423192527
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Come along for the ride as Frankie the big rig truck takes us on the job, driving past kiddie cars (school buses) and land yachts (RVs). Hear the horn blow and the wipers schwaat the windshield clean. But, BANG SHHUUU Uh-oh: a blow-out Don't worry, a service truck saves the day so we can get the job done and make a very special delivery. Author Jamie Swenson takes readers from zero to sixty with her fast-talking truck and Ned Young's bright and engaging illustrations are perfect for sharing with the youngest truck enthusiasts in this board-book format. Praise for Big Rig (hardcover edition) " T]he story is consistently entertaining . . . and Young (the Zoomer books) fills his bright, eye-catching scenes with myriad details to explore." -Publishers Weekly "Youngsters who meet Frankie will be looking for him on every highway, as he's a friend they won't soon forget." -Kirkus Reviews "A friendly, peppy addition to the canon of books for truck-obsessed tots...." -Booklist " A] fun read-aloud for toddlers and a good storytime participation book as well." -School Library Journal

Big Rigs

Author: Cari Meister
Publisher: Jump!
ISBN: 1624960553
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about tractor-trailers, or semis, and how these large trucks deliver goods we use every day.

My Big Rig

Author: Jonathan London
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781477816738
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A boy imagines what it would be like to drive a big rig across the country.

180 Days of Language for Kindergarten

Author: Christine Dugan
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425811728
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
180 Days of Language is a fun and effective daily practice workbook designed to help students improve their grammar skills. This easy-to-use kindergarten workbook is great for at-home learning or in the classroom. The engaging standards-based activities cover grade-level skills with easy to follow instructions and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding. Students will practice punctuation, capitalization, and spelling with daily activity pages. Watch as students improve their grammar and writing skills with these quick learning activities.Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or prevent learning loss over summer.Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps.

Daily Language Practice for Kindergarten

Author: Christine Dugan
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1480797650
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7

Book Description
This week of practice pages build kindergartners' language skills. Each question is tied to a specific grammar, usage, and mechanics concept. Daily practice through these quick activities will help your students. Great formative assessment tool!

Downxlaw

Author: De Andre L. Bloodsaw
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664146105
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
DownXLaw, [Down by Law], chronicles the life and times of Dre, a member of a South Central Los Angeles Street Gang, a Sophisticated Criminal Enterprise. As a Criminal Enterprise, the sophistication of Dre’s crew was second to no other. They treated Long Beach Harbor [shipping yard] as though it were their personal penny bank, capturing and fencing tens of millions of products on a regular basis and at will; never once having to use neither a gun nor the threat/perception of violence. The author says, “Our motto was, venders don’t buy blood.” Fencing happened in a matter of hours to avoid being tracked. Though always under very close observation of the F.B.I., the crew made off like bandits having never been caught. However, in January of 2000, as irony would have it, Dre was wrongfully convicted for a crime [brandishing a gun by a felon] he never committed. When asked of his crew leader (Peonie) whether he would secure counsel for Dre, Peonie retorted “I ain’t my brother’s keeper.” The words of Minister Malcolm X came to mind, “To beat the white man, you must first learn his language.”, Dre began to focus his seventh grade education on the study of law. With time he became one of the best in assisting many criminal cases, and thus became the only jailhouse attorney on prison yards housing 1000s of inmates who had been left accept their fate. In this three part series, many conventions including jurisprudence, psychology, theology are turned on their head. 21 years into Dre’s 25 years to life sentence, former crew members are all deceased from their continued unscrupulous lifestyle. Astoundingly, DeAndre was granted Parole at his first hearing, and now able to start his new journey as a writer and positive member of society.

Big Rig 2

Author: Don McTavish
Publisher: NeWest Publishers Ltd.
ISBN: 9781896300719
Category : Truck driving
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Join McTavish and his fellow haulers as they...- hunt down and retrieve a stolen rig.- sweat bullets hauling burning boxcars and molten steel.- park a bulldozer in a living room to keep it warm.- slip, slide, and spin up and down icy inclines and muddy trails.- reveal the secrets of real trucking life in a step-by-step haul.- pass on wisdom and warnings about the ins and outs of life on the highway.