How come owner-drivers can collectively bargain, but hirers can ?
Owner-drivers usually have less bargaining power and less business information than the hirers they deal with. If hirers were allowed to collectively bargain, they would have even more bargaining power than they already do. Besides, if hirers started offering the same rates and conditions, there wouldn’t be much incentive for an owner-driver to stay with one hirer or to put in any extra effort.
