Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance—Karen Levy (Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton Univ. Press, 2023, 231 pp.)

IF 2.1 4区 工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
David N. Lucsko
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When I Was growing up, my best friend’s father lost his job in the great collapse of Eastern Airlines. I was just a kid, so I did not really understand the ins and outs at the time, but what I now know is that his was a very good job, a union job on the ground crew that paid a genuine middle-class wage. It was the sort of job that was getting harder and harder to come by in late 20th-century America, and in the end, he was not able to find another like it. So, instead, he enrolled in a driving school, earned his commercial driver’s license, and went to work for a long-haul trucking company. At first, he was away from home for long stretches but whenever he returned, he would regale us with tales of his many adventures on the road. After several years, he started to drive more local routes, and after a few more, he financed his own rig and became an owner-operator specializing in shorter hauls. For him, trucking was a smart choice, a way to earn a middle-class wage comparable to what he once made at Eastern. Indeed, the success he found in long- and short-haul trucking seemed to validate all of the rosy promises the industry made (and continues to make) in its recruitment materials. Surely, you have seen them, plastered on the back of 18-wheelers everywhere: “50 cents a mile! No experience needed! Guaranteed home time! Excellent lease-to-own terms available! Call now!”
数据驱动:卡车司机、技术和新的工作场所监控--凯伦-利维》(美国新泽西州普林斯顿:普林斯顿大学出版社,2023 年,231 页。)
在我成长的过程中,我最好朋友的父亲在东方航空公司的大倒闭中失去了工作。当时我还是个孩子,并不了解其中的内幕,但我现在知道,他的工作非常好,是一份地勤人员的工会工作,工资是名副其实的中产阶级工资。在 20 世纪末的美国,这种工作越来越难找,最后,他再也找不到类似的工作了。于是,他进入一所驾驶学校学习,获得了商业驾驶执照,并进入一家长途卡车运输公司工作。起初,他长期离家在外,但每次回来,他都会向我们讲述他在路上的许多冒险故事。几年后,他开始驾驶更多的本地路线,又过了几年,他出资拥有了自己的卡车,成为一名专门从事短途运输的车主。对他来说,卡车司机是一个明智的选择,是一种赚取中产阶级工资的方式,与他曾经在东部公司的收入不相上下。事实上,他在长途和短途运输中取得的成功似乎验证了该行业在招聘材料中做出的(并将继续做出的)所有美好承诺。你肯定见过贴在各处 18 轮卡车后面的这些广告:"每英里 50 美分!无需经验!保证回家时间!租赁条件优越!现在就打电话!"
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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 工程技术-工程:电子与电气
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3.00
自引率
13.60%
发文量
72
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine invites feature articles (refereed), special articles, and commentaries on topics within the scope of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, in the broad areas of social implications of electrotechnology, history of electrotechnology, and engineering ethics.
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