“Autonomous vehicles are already making it easier for Americans move around and transport goods safely and efficiently—after all, driverless vehicles don’t get drowsy at 2 a.m. or miss braking cues because they’re distracted. But, as the Goldwater Institute’s Brian Norman warns, a coordinated labor union campaign threatens to slow the implementation of this innovative technology and deny Americans its many benefits. Writing in the Washington Examiner, Norman exposes the Teamsters’ campaign to pass bills from coast to coast requiring union drivers to remain behind the wheel of autonomous trucks. Supporters say these ‘driver-in’ mandates are safety measures, but the unions’ deeper purpose is often explicit: to protect union jobs from technological change…
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