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The decline of human civilization began with ‘safety concerns’
“Hey y’all, guess what? You can pump your own gasoline in Oregon now. Legally, even.” … How ‘safety’ was used to justify retention of the self-service ban over the years …
January 3, 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
Overdrive Radio
Cutting through the ‘autonomous’ hype with Bendix’s Fred Andersky
Listen in on Andersky’s “Drivers and the Automated Future” tech talk at the Bendix booth at the Mid-American Trucking Show two weeks back — likewise a talk on PM procedures for slack adjusters.
April 7, 2017
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
Overdrive Extra
Where driving jobs have arisen since 1978
Whatever the extent of any “driver shortage,” you wouldn’t think there is one by checking a National Public Radio report by Quoctrung Bui that traces the most common jobs in every state since 1978. The data not only highlights trends about trucking jobs, but also reveals aspects of the broader economy over almost four decades. In […]
November 6, 2015
Business
For-hire trucking industry employment grew by 400 jobs in October
October’s small rise comes after a loss of several 3,200 jobs in September. The latter figure, however, was downwardly revised from the October-released preliminary figures.
November 6, 2015
Channel 19
Real unemployment rate: 14%
Rebuttals to the monthly jobs numbers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
August 8, 2013
Business
Board says FMCSA should gather driver employment history, give to carriers
In what would essentially be another roadblock for drivers looking at finding a new driving job, the NTSB has recommended FMCSA to gather driver employment history and require carriers to use it.
February 4, 2013
Business
Trucking employment continues to gain
The December employment report released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows trucking added 4,200 jobs.
January 4, 2013
Voices
Hot Button: Truckers’ choice for President
Sixty-six percent of Overdrive readers participating in our 2012 presidential election poll favored Mitt Romney as their candidate of choice.
September 12, 2012
Business
Trucking adds 3,100 jobs in July
For-hire trucking companies added 3,100 payroll jobs in July as the overall U.S. economy added a net of 163,000 nonfarm jobs.
August 3, 2012
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