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News roundup, Nov. 6: Drivewyze adds bypass at 10 Oregon stations, trucking jobs numbers reverse course
Truck fleets and operators using Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass service will now receive bypasses at 10 locations in Oregon; DOL’s October jobs report shows trucking added 1,300 jobs, an uptick following three months of declines; Donaldson wireless air-filter monitor to be integrated into ELD provider Geotab’s platform.
November 6, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Cultivating happiness in work: Time for a new approach
“For truckers who already have the deck stacked against them when trying to maintain health, poor work performance as a result of stress can have deadly results. This reality goes largely unaddressed by many carrier support structures, and drivers begin to feel more like a number, or a cog in a giant machine that is eating away their lives.”
March 18, 2019
Business
Like other trucking indicators, industry employment on a hot streak
According to the Department of Labor, the trucking industry added another significant amount jobs in September. Get more details here on Overdrive Online.
October 9, 2018
Business
Trucking employment slipped again in June
June’s trucking jobs dip comes amid an otherwise solid month for employment for the U.S. economy, which added 222,000 jobs in the month. The country’s unemployment rate was 4.4 percent.
July 7, 2017
Channel 19
Senators ask GAO to assess autonomous trucks’ potential to displace workers
In the wake of the FMCSA’s Monday listening session on regulating the highly automated driving environment expected in the future, Senators Susan Collins and Jack Reed request GAO study the issue of job displacement — more commentary from the session explored here.
April 27, 2017
Voices
POLL: Your first contact with your current leasing/employing carrier?
Leased/company drivers, where did your first awareness/contact of the company you’re leased to or work for today come? Were you referred by a friend or a fellow driver with the company, catch an online advertisement that spurred further action, or something else?
February 14, 2017
Business
Trucking industry employment jumped in October, September
The for-hire trucking industry added 3,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in October, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly report. The DOL also upwardly adjusted trucking’s employment stats for September by more than 5,000 jobs.
November 4, 2016
Business
If you can’t say something nice, come sit beside me
“Apparently the people designing these autonomous vehicles and proselytizing their imminent takeover of the world have never been on an American highway, inside a big truck outside of a parking lot, or used brain power for anything other than putting the wagon before the wheel.”
October 5, 2016
Voices
POLL: Small fleet owners, where do you most-often find your driver candidates?
If you’ve been in the position of hiring a driver, what most commonly generates the successful job candidate — direct referrals of various natures, ads in local or far-flung places or something else entirely? Weigh in here.
August 22, 2016
Business
For-hire trucking gains 1,700 jobs in July
For-hire trucking employment in the month totaled 1.455 million, according to the DOL’s figures.
August 5, 2016
Business
Trucking added 700 jobs in April
The for-hire trucking industry added 700 jobs in the month of April, according to preliminary figures reported by the Department of Labor.
May 6, 2016
Business
Trucking employment tumbles for second straight month
The for-hire trucking industry’s total employment fell by 2,400 jobs in the month of March, according to preliminary figures reported last week by the Department of Labor, again bucking the overall trend of the U.S. economy’s employment numbers.
April 5, 2016
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