Miami truck drive and local Teamster organizer, Sandro Lerro, explains the plight of the average supply truck driver.
Lerro explains that most drivers cannot afford to maintain their trucks properly, which poses a highway hazard when they are required to haul overweight cargo at risk of over turning. (0:45)
March 24, 2006
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