2024 TRANSITION TRUCKING DRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fast port recently announced the finalists for the 9th annual “Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence” award. This prestigious award “honors military veterans who have made an outstanding transition into the commercial trucking industry. Through a comprehensive nomination process, careful review by a selection committee, and a final public vote, the program will recognize and reward America’s top rookie military veteran drivers.”
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TRUCKING AND LOGISTICS SECTOR ADDS 13600 JOBS

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There’s been a reprieve in the Labor market tightness with 13,600 jobs added to the trucking and logistics sector in the second quarter of this year. Despite this number, “job gains were marginal for transport truck drivers, up just 0.1% or 200 more drivers in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, according to the latest labor market information snapshot from Trucking HR Canada.”Read more…