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Truckers working together to reclaim professional image
Drive for Freedom In years past, professional truck drivers were known as the “Knights of the Road”, looked upon as highway heroes crisscrossing the country in their donation toward the greatness of...
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Common Sense Trucking: Avoiding Predatory Lending
Predatory Lending The trucking industry certainly has its share of problematic issues which most often are aimed at the drivers’ ability to succeed or fail in their chosen career. On average, the...
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Truck driver retention and the generation gap
Truck Driver Retention Although nobody will dispute the role that the deregulation of the trucking industry in 1980 had on the truck driver retention problem, the fact remains that the industry itself...
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Trucker victory for Obstruction of Justice “Right to Sleep” court case
Truck Driver Kenny Capell – Case Dismissed- Charged with Obstruction of Justice after being awoken during mandated 10 hour break Yesterday was a victorious day for fellow truck driver and friend Kenny...
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The Keys to Maximize Owner Operator Success and Profits
In an ideal world, carriers, shippers and freight brokers would all be working well together making sure that all are fairly compensated for the roles they play in moving freight across the country....
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Defining the Truck Driver Shortage and the “Qualified Driver”
The Truck Driver Shortage- Defining the Qualified Driver The Truck Driver Shortage- Part 1 Defining the Qualified Truck Driver In the recent ATA press release, addressing the continuous “driver...
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Recruiting New Truck Drivers 101
When someone mentions the term “Recruiting,” most folks wouldn’t associate marketing with it. Moreover, most people see the world of marketing and advertising as an annoying practice lacking any sense...
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Truth behind trucker wage theft and FAA bill Section 611
Transportation Veteran Jerry Fritts of American Overland Freight Trucking management/American Trucking Assoc., an organization that claims to speak for the American Trucking Industry that does not have...
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Driver Productivity Increases as Wages Plummet
Driver Productivity Increases as Wages Plummet INSULT TO INJURY REGARDING PRODUCTIVITY! Transportation Veteran Jerry Fritts of American Overland Freight The contemporary economic theory that...
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Governed by the Clock- Paid by the Clock
Governed by the Clock- Paid by the Clock If Employee Drivers wages go up, the rest of us will benefit with a higher labor rate. Pat Hockaday-TruckersUnited.org Trucker Wages- A misleading fact is that...
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