Our Punjabi Brothers
A community of immigrants leads the largest trucker protest in a generation.
Over the Road · Over the Road & Radiotopia
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Show Notes
Punjabi-Americans represent a large and fast-growing segment of the trucking community, especially among California’s Central Valley produce haulers. In this episode, Binda Atwal tells the story of how Punjabi drivers got into the politics of trucking: leading the largest trucker demonstration in a generation, and changing a few hearts and minds in the process.
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