I am wondering when trucking companies are going to turn things around and start taking care of
their employees. I also wonder if trucking is starting to consider unionizing again, or what other measures this industry may need to take to keep up with the demand for qualified commercial drivers.
I found the WSJ article to be a great read. Please see the excerpt below, or follow this
link for the full article.
From the
WSJ article:
There is a shortage of truck drivers in the United States.
Unsurprisingly, that's leading to a bidding war for qualified truckers among the big companies. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the need for 48,000 truckers in an industry of 800,000.
It's not shocking that the country faces a trucker shortage: Days on the job are long, it's hard to have a family, and drivers are required to be in a seat and watch the road for hours at a time. In addition to that, pay bumps couldn't even keep up with inflation between 2000 and 2014.
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