Bend over and grab the wheel
"Every single article I've read this week about the Chicken Little 'driver shortage' has neglected to mention driver pay." ...
View ArticleKeeping the small fleet ‘family’ happy: Pay, equipment, home time
Small-fleet owners use good pay, equipment and home time to attract loyal drivers. They say those are the bedrocks of retention, the top employment issue named in a recent Overdrive survey.
View ArticleOwner-operators at USA Truck getting pay boost
In addition to a pay hike, the company's independent contractors will also receive fuel discounts at in-network fuel stops, better labor rates and discounted parts at USA Truck maintenance facilities.
View ArticleOnly those with voices in their head need apply
Consider the internal conversation one may have while doing a little internet research on trucking. "After three hours of Googling, I still don't know if I want to be a trucker."
View ArticleOwner-operator 2016 income stable, even with downturn
Owner-operator miles and earnings have been steady this year, according to ATBS. Based on clients’ third quarter, annualized net income would top $61,000.
View ArticleShould I stay or should I go?
Are you contemplating hanging up your trucking hat? "If you want to grow cucumbers, you don't plant chicken turds. You don't heap piles of poo on top and expect a bumper crop of cucumbers, it just...
View ArticleWalmart truckers land $55 million settlement for non-driving time pay
Walmart Transportation has been ordered by a federal jury to pay 850 current and former truck drivers a total of $55 million in back pay. Of note to truck operators, the company was ordered to pay...
View ArticlePenske settles with drivers in case over unpaid meal and rest breaks
Penske will pay 344 current and former drivers $15,000 each to settle the now 8-year-old case. The case produced a landmark ruling in 2014 regarding state-level laws regarding drivers' pay and breaks,...
View ArticleFreight and trucker pay should get a boost in 2017, analyst says
Strong indications of growth in the economy in 2017 should put upward pressure on freight volume and trucker pay, says Bob Costello, chief economist for the American Trucking Associations.
View ArticleAmerica’s Road Team captains to carrier recruiters: ‘Respect your drivers’
"Be honest with the driver. You won’t lost a driver any quicker than to tell him something and then he finds out 30 days later that it’s just not true." --Walmart driver Allen Boyd, to recruiting...
View ArticlePOLL: ELDs and business income — what’s your view of the likely (or actual)...
Whether you're already running an electronic log or not, how do you believe the move from paper to the engine-connected electronic environment would or did (if at all) impact your net income?
View ArticleDriver shortage alarm, redux part 2: Bills in Ohio would subsidize ‘cheap labor’
Ohio bills would funnel taxpayer money to driver-training efforts and "put the Ohio taxpayers on the hook for subsidizing cheap labor," notes small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold. Also, video, audio:...
View ArticleTruckers land $855k payout from carrier for non-driving tasks
XPO Logistics is appealing a California’s agency’s award totaling $855,286 to four truckers for wage law violations, including under a 2016 state law mandating compensating "nonproductive time.”
View ArticleInteresting approach to accessorials for Uber Freight app users
It's not exactly common when dealing with a broker that accessorials like truck-ordered-not-used, detention and the like are up-front accessible and available to anyone -- or guaranteed should...
View Article2017 owner-operator income: Flatbedding hot, reefer hauling chilly
Checking in on owner-operator income through the first half of the year: Flat to down for most segments, with flatbed gaining momentum and reefer haulers losing ground. Here are the numbers for 2017's...
View ArticleEleventy-million and counting
Herein, a story about driv... I mean, apples. "And people wondered why other people, who weren't buying near as many apples, were making pies and cider and delicious things from their apples, and...
View ArticleThe double-billion burger they refuse to eat
"Pro-ELD propaganda does not address the true safety issue in the industry, and that is the sense that every driver is disposable. There's always another. (Thin mint, sir? No thank you. Bring me a...
View ArticleDriver pay hikes on the horizon, analyst says
Of note from a conference call with pay analyst Gordon Klemp, driver wages are in effect just half of what they were in 1979, before deregulation.
View ArticleFour fleets announce pay boosts for drivers
K&B Transportation, Bulldog Hiway Express, Hornady Transportation and W.N. Morehouse Truck Line each announced pay increases for drivers recently.
View ArticleFlatbed operators prospering as economy rebounds
Through September, flatbedder clients of ATBS had net income of $51,602. Even though miles driven did not change much during the first three quarters, net income per mile rose dramatically each...
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