The city of Chicago employs more than 1,400 truck drivers at an average wage of $30 an hour.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Brickbats - Brief article

The city of Chicago employs more than 1,400 truck drivers at an average wage of $30 an hour. A recent report by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson says about 200 of them are severely underworked: All they have to do is transport people and equipment to work sites, then sit around until it's time to take everything back. If the truckers pitched in at the work site and helped out with...