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Business

Three fleets announce driver pay bumps

Milan Express, Risinger and Central Oregon Truck Company all recently announced large pay raise for truck drivers in their fleet. More information here.

July 2, 2018

Business

Company driver pay swelled in first quarter, analyst says

The National Transportation Institute releases data showing how much company driver wages and sign-on bonuses have increased in the first quarter of 2018.

June 12, 2018

Business

Three major fleets announce driver pay increases

Maverick Transportation, KLLM Transport Services, and C.R. England have all recently announced driver pay increases. Read all the details here on Overdrive.

June 7, 2018

Business

Measure to block state laws on driver pay/breaks tacked on to House bill

The so-called Denham Amendment, offered by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) and two other lawmakers, would exempt carriers from complying with state laws that require employers to provide paid meal and rest breaks employees.

April 27, 2018

Business

Denham Amendment revived: House again eyes measure to block states’ driver pay/break laws

The provision seeks to reassert the federal government’s role in managing drivers’ hours of service by preventing states from requiring carriers to comply with any state-level laws. The measure also restricts states from forcing carriers to pay drivers for non-driving tasks.

April 20, 2018

Business

Tanker fleet doles out big pay boost for certain drivers

Texas-based 700-plus truck fleet Crestwood Transportation is now starting tanker drivers in its central region at 60 cents per mile, a 14-cent-per-mile bump from the previous 46 cents.

April 20, 2018

Business

Maverick Transportation boosts pay for reefer drivers

Drivers in the company’s OTR Temperature Control Division will see a 5-cent boost in per-mile pay, bringing starting pay to between 51 and 55 cents-per-mile. Student drivers will start at 45 cents-per-mile in this division.

April 18, 2018

Business

Freymiller boosts owner-operator pay

Freymiller owner-operators will see a 6 percent increase in per-mile pay, which the company says equates to approximately 3 cents-per-mile.

April 10, 2018

Overdrive Extra

OOIDA’s Todd Spencer talks driver pay, ‘driver shortage’ in live Fox Business segment

In a live segment aired last week on Fox News’ spinoff Fox Business, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Acting President Todd Spencer fielded questions from host Stuart Varney about — what else? — the country’s “serious shortage of truck drivers,” as Varney put it.

April 4, 2018

Business

Melton Truck Lines boosts company driver pay

With the pay increase, student drivers will start at 43 cents-per-mile, while the company’s more experienced drivers will bring in 56 cents-per-mile.

April 4, 2018

Business

Flatbed fleet boosts driver pay

Montgomery Transport, a 450-plus truck flatbed fleet out of Birmingham, Ala., is increasing driver pay by one cent-per-mile increase for all miles

March 16, 2018

Business

More fleets announce driver pay increases

Carroll Fulmer, FFE Transportation announced recently they are boosting pay for company drivers and owner-operators.

March 9, 2018