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A Look in the Rearview Mirror
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 Mar. 2, 2026 | TRUCKING INDUSTRY | The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 was not a narrow response to specific regulatory failures — it marked a wholesale rejection of regulation itself. The price of that shift is measured in the stability and safety of our supply chain. For nearly five decades, America’s highways have suffered the consequences of that short-sighted decision. President Jimmy Carter was partially right when he promised in 1980 that “labor will benefit [from deregulation] because we’ll have new jobs.” There is no shortage of trucking work today. The real question is not whether a driver can find work, but whether those jobs are good ones. At most nonunion carriers, they are not. Just Cause Teamsters
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