Tag: driver wages

Business

Driver pay continued to push carriers’ costs higher in 2017

In sum, carriers' per-mile costs rose 9.9 cents a mile in 2017 compared to 2016, with more than half of that increase spent on driver wages and benefits.

October 2, 2018

Channel 19

Investment banker’s front-line info source: You

A banker who looks to drivers for front-line economic information predicts some good times ahead — what does business look like where you sit?

July 14, 2014

Voices

Views: Fair-labor exemption petition, truck driver as DOT secretary

Owner-operator Joe Ammons launches his petition to the DOT secretary to disallow the trucking exemption from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

May 1, 2013

Business

SoCal port drivers become first in decades to reach bargaining agreement

Toll Group drivers serving Los Angeles and Long Beach ports have become the first truckers to reach a collective bargaining agreement in decades.

January 17, 2013

Overdrive Extra

2 trucks, 20 new costs

If you really want to be successful, don’t cut corners or try to save money when it comes to drivers. You get what you pay for.

September 1, 2011

Business

The Two-Truck Transition

The extra profit of a small fleet comes with the high price of investment, planning and stress.

June 3, 2011