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Transportation hiring, but not trucking, surged in November
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The for-hire trucking industry lost jobs in November, as it typically does, but fewer than anticipated as couriers and warehouses grabbed the most new employees amid strong pre-holiday demand.
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Hiring gap between large, small trucking companies poses challenges
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A spot market gold rush is enlarging a hiring gap between large and small trucking companies, posing challenges for larger carriers seeking drivers and for shippers moving large volumes of freight.
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Teamsters elect Hoffa opponents to lead union
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Teamsters rank-and-file members have elected critics of outgoing General President James P. Hoffa to lead the union in a more militant direction.
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US transportation hiring exceeds expectations
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Bigger than expected gains in warehousing and trucking in October are welcome amid ongoing reports of labor shortages.
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US vaccine mandate to impact truck rates, capacity
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandate for large employers will affect truck capacity and pricing, but questions about the extent of its impact remain.
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Survey highlights challenges of truck driver COVID-19 vaccinations
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A truck driver survey underscores the threat of potential service disruptions from an upcoming US vaccine mandate for large employers, with 36 percent of drivers showing no interest in vaccination.
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Trucking loses jobs amid warehousing, transit gains
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The for-hire trucking industry lost 1,600 jobs last month, but the Labor Department expected a bigger drop, as transit, warehousing and courier employment surged.
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Transportation hiring surges as US peak season begins
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A stronger than expected round of hiring in August brought transportation and warehousing payrolls back to pre-pandemic levels, but new employees aren’t distributed evenly.
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Record number of new US trucking firms on the books, but not new capacity
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
An ‘unprecedented’ number of new motor carriers is hitting US roads, but they represent a shift in capacity, not an expansion, according to experts.
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June’s hiring gain in trucking the best in seven years: BLS
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
The US for-hire trucking sector saw its best one-month gain in hiring in seven years during June and total employment in the sector has moved past pre-pandemic levels.
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US trucking firms add jobs, but not enough of them
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The US for-hire trucking industry has added 25,100 jobs over the past three months, but the US economy appears to be expanding faster than trucking recruiters can hire workers.
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US warehouses, couriers struggling to hire workers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Transportation and warehousing firms losing employees may be competing more often with contractor-based gig economy businesses; trucking, however, is expanding its payroll.
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US truckers speeding less, but those who do go faster
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Despite a sharp overall drop in the number of truck driver speeding violations last year, excessive speeding remains a problem, FMCSA violations data show.
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Small trucking firm aims for ‘sustainable’ approach to driver pay
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Alabama-based truckload carrier AMX is raising driver pay, but wants to do so in a way that will allow the carrier to maintain increased wages when demand – and rates – recede.
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Trucking recruiters face long haul in hunt for drivers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
US trucking companies reversed a three-month decline in jobs in March, but they haven’t escaped the employment crater created by the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.
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US truckload driver turnover flattens as wages, demand rise: ATA
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Truck driver pay is improving, and that may be keeping more drivers behind the wheel, rather than jumping from job to job.
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Short-haul demand lengthens truck driver shortage: Coyote
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The rise of e-commerce is leading to growing competition for long-haul truck drivers from local and short-haul businesses, according to a study from Coyote Logistics and Emsi.
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Seasonal layoffs, storms spur deep cuts to US transport workforce
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The transportation and warehousing sector lost fewer jobs than anticipated in February, but trucking companies saw deeper than expected job losses in a storm-wracked month.
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High spot rates will push drivers to small fleets: Tucker Co.
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Freight broker Tucker Company said COVID-19 pushed truck drivers to make the switch to larger carriers, but the rise in spot trucking rates is likely to swing them back to smaller fleets.
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Job losses constraining US freight capacity as demand grows
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The loss of 84,300 trucking and warehousing jobs in January -- actual numbers before seasonal adjustment -- makes prospects for tighter capacity and higher rates for US shippers in the months ahead more certain.
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Outlook 2021: Latest US driver shortage requires long-term solutions
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Motor carriers must do more than raise driver pay to counteract the current shortfall, including driving greater efficiency in their networks and at shipper facilities to allow existing truckers to make more trips in a given day.
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US truck driver hiring hit brakes in December
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Trucking’s peak season extended well into December, blunting a seasonal decline in actual trucking employment numbers and boosting seasonally adjusted job gains, according to data released Friday.
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US truck driver shortfall steeper than expected
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The number of truck drivers at carriers with up to 100 trucks fell by more than 150,000 from July to October, tightening already scarce capacity, according to an analysis of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) data.
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Barriers to new truck capacity rising: ATA’s Costello
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Long-haul trucking faces fiercer competition for truck drivers in the future and a shrinking pool of qualified driver candidates, ATA’s chief economist told the 2020 Transplace Shipper Symposium.
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Driver hiring lags despite September surge in US truck orders
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A substantial increase in heavy truck orders in September begs the question: Who will drive those trucks? Trucking employment is improving, but still down 4.7 percent year over year.
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Loss of US truck drivers tightening capacity, raising rates
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
US for-hire trucking companies are rehiring truck drivers at a rate slower than the acceleration of freight demand, contributing to rising pressure on truck rates and US shippers.
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US regulators to test ‘split duty period’ for truckers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A proposed Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pilot project would let truck drivers stop the hours of service clock for up to three hours and then resume driving, giving them more control over their schedules, but a longer day.
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US trucking employment sees slight rebound in May
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The US trucking sector added back a small portion of the jobs lost during March and April as businesses reopened, a sign that shipper demand for trucking services may be on the road to recovering from the COVID-19 recession.
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Recession wipes out 88,000 trucking jobs: BLS
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has erased years of trucking employment gains, bringing payroll headcounts below 2006 levels, US data shows.
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Truckers ‘keep plugging,’ but worry about coronavirus quarantines
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Truck demand and spot rates are rising as consumers stockpile goods amid the spread of the coronavirus, but truckers worry about potential loss of work due to quarantines.
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Federal preemption precedent narrows path for AB5 victory
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The fate of two high-profile challenges to California’s worker classification bill known as AB5 boil down to an argument the trucking industry has used in the past — federal preemption of state and local attempts to regulate interstate commerce.
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Better data needed to deliver ELD’s shipper promise
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The electronic logging device (ELD) eventually will help shippers find trucks more quickly, help trucking companies better manage drivers, and help drivers better manage hours. But more integration of ELD data with other systems and more development are needed to deliver bigger benefits.
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ARO 2020: Redefining the ‘truck driver problem’
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
With the number of truck drivers in the United States expected to continue rising steadily, motor carriers in the coming years will be focused on to getting the most out of existing drivers' miles and ensuring drivers earn enough money to keep them behind the wheel.
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ARO 2020: Trucking industry seeks clarity on driver classification issues
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
New legislation will take effect in California Jan. 1 that would make it much more difficult for truck drivers to retain independent contractor status, but owner operators are stuck in limbo pending a court decision on a legal challenge to the new rules.
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Smaller truck fleets ramp up hiring: ATA
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The latest data from the American Trucking Associations shows large truckload carriers cutting drivers and smaller fleets ramping up hiring.
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Truck driver hours violations drop in ELD era
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The number of violations issued to drivers for exceeding hours of service limits has dropped significantly since the ELD mandate took effect, but false log violations rose last year.
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Challenge to ELD rule resurfaces at FMCSA
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Regulators are accepting comments on a petition to exempt small carriers from the ELD mandate, as the final compliance deadline for truck drivers and carriers approaches.
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US trucking firms make slim employment gain
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The pace of hiring at US for-hire trucking companies continues to slow as low unemployment and alternative work challenge recruiters.
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Driver problems top latest list of trucking woes
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Seven of the top 10 critical issues facing trucking directly involve truck drivers, with pay and detention joining the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual list.
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YRC’s Reddaway Teamsters approve two-year contract
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
YRC Worldwide achieved its latest labor goal, another step toward its long-term recovery plan.
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