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March 06, 2026

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The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the nation’s unemployment rate soared to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs amid a deepening recession.

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Updated On: Feb 26, 2026
Feb. 26, 2026 | TRUCKING INDUSTRY | (Second part of a three-part series.) The political winds that ushered in deregulation grew from widespread frustration. The country was reeling from a seemingly endless stream of political scandals, war, and social unrest. The countercultural movement of the free-wheeling hippies symbolized the times, but the shift was not just cultural. It was economic. Policymakers began abandoning the muscular regulatory approach that had guided the country since the New Deal era in favor of the markets and deregulation. Continues at Just Cause Teamsters on Substack
 
 
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