Amna Nawaz
Amna Nawaz
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A career truck driver on why his is no longer ‘a middle-class job’

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January 25, 2019

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Jobs in the trucking industry are increasingly threatened by technology and the rise of driverless trucks. But what explains the contradictory dynamic between fears of job elimination and a current shortage of truck drivers in the U.S.? The NewsHour returns to the unusual story of driver Finn Murphy, who left college and a literary family for the open road. Paul Solman reports.

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