Trucking

I’m tired of this story and stories with this slant to it. Truckers win? Last time I checked Teamsters,  PATT, CRASH and Public Citizen do not represent truck drivers in America. Teamsters have a union that represent some drivers at a few companies. They don’t have the membership or the power they used to [...]

Where off to a great start on this Mexican truck issue. Every Mexican truck driver that’s in a wreck is going to be in the paper.
Charleston.Net: Local News: Trucker in deadly crash didn’t have big rig license 07/16/04
The Mexican truck driver responsible for a deadly truck crash earlier this month on Edisto Island wasn’t licensed [...]

Freight outlook looking real good
Freight demand remained very strong in this year’s second quarter, as motor carriers, ports, and even railroads continue to report record demand and - in some cases - rising profits.

Even with the rising demand there are still trucking companies going under because of higher registration fee, insurance, fuel prices and new [...]

Today’s Trucking: News
“The Ontario trucking industry is deeply concerned about the looming crisis facing our industry as a result of a shortage of drivers. Our driver workforce has been aging for some time because fewer and fewer young people have been choosing the trucking industry as a career or have been prevented from doing so [...]

From www.H1b.info
This summer, legislation has been introduced to repeal the H-1B visa program and close the L-1 visa loophole.
Recognizing that science and technology workers can’t find jobs, longtime H-1B critic Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has introduced legislation HR 2688 to terminate the H-1B visa program.

Prof. Belman is quoted at
Bridgestone/Firestone Commercial Truck Tires
“If there truly were a driver ‘shortage,’ we would have expected to see wages rising and tractors sitting idle. And we really didn’t see that.”
This article has a ton of good points. This was serious research done on the trucking industry.