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And there’s a lot more to the “trucker shortage” than is being told.

Yes, there is a shortage of truckers in some areas. Just like there is a shortage of cops, fireman, EMTs, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc etc. Younger folks don’t want those jobs anymore. They’d rather be on TikTok or some other social media site, making videos and influencing.

But, there is a bit more. Starting out in any of these LTL type companies isn’t easy. You go to work, get some type of normal hours and a rhythm and then on day 4, they make you wait around all day for a chance to make a run. Problem is, you’ve been up for 10-12 hours waiting on a run and then they ask you to make a run that is going to take you 10 hours. Completely violating all sorts of DOT rules, but one has to pay the bills so they can’t turn anything down. Pretty soon, they start dealing with some serious turnover and there isn’t anyone backfilling positions, continuing to pay into the pension and keep it solvent, as the older guys retire.

This doesn’t seem to be getting too much publicity. Have a Democrat in office and they can’t shine any light on a union shop, that more than likely supported Biden, just like they did their best to protect Soetero and the workers at Delphi.

I was always under the impression that driving for an LTL carrier was better than driving for conventional common carrier fleets. In a terminal-to-terminal operation you don't spend your nights away from home, as you are always returning to your home terminal on the return leg of your first trip of the day.

That's why you hardly see any sleeper cabs pulling these trailers for Yellow, YRC, UPS, etc.

No one will respond with anything meaningful to your post.
Everything remotely attached to union is evil in peoples’ minds here.

“There’s a storm on the horizon.”
It’s really just a matter of time before a serious economic downturn.

And I’d be really curious to know if they recently hired anyone that had a background that wasn’t normal for them. IE...some MBA-type that came from Wall St or something that weaseled their way in and completely destroyed the company from the inside with the typical, Wall St, suck the company dry by any means necessary, run away with all the money and f**k the workers.