Causing backlash from social media users, a video of President Joe Biden discussing trucking jobs in an interview with the Des Moines Registry from 2019 has resurfaced online. In the video, Biden is heard saying: “Guess what? Every trucker out there with an eighth-grade education or high school education knows that they are likely not to have a job in the next three, four, five years.” Read more…
PGT Trucking Inc. recently recognized over 150 safe drivers during the company’s annual awards event, held at the Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PGT has hosted the ceremony for over twenty years to honor the company’s drivers, office staff and their guests. Included amongst the honorees were “46 Million-Mile Drivers, 104 Safe Drivers and 24 Premier Professionals.” Read more…
Swiss logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel Inc. is planning to lay off 227 Valley workers “after one of its customers, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, decided to insource roles at two Valley facilities.” Kuehne + Nagel informed the Arizona Department of Economic Development about the position separations in an April 22 Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter. The positions span a multitude of roles in contract logistics and the cutbacks are set to happen on July 31. Read more…
A TikTok account run by the Truck Smarter app may help explain why so many truckers are leaving the industry. In the video that has already accrued over 4 million views and counting, an anonymous poster shows a trucking job offered on a booking app for what appears to be a handsome-paying gig for $3,2000, but the poster quickly tears down this opportunity by going into the operational costs that the gig would entail. Read more…
Layoffs across the freight and logistics industry continue “with companies in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Texas announcing job reductions and facility closures over the past two weeks.” One example is that of Warren, Michigian-based Universal Logistics, which is permanently closing two of its subsidiaries and laying off a total of 677 employees, according to notices recently filed with the state. Read more…
The advent of self-driving trucks could have an enormous impact on America’s supply chain, exponentially cutting the time it takes to transport goods from place to place and unfettering the trucking industry from the costs and physical limitations of the human workforce. The technology’s advancements have “sparked concerns about highway safety, job loss, a lack of federal regulation and a patchwork of state laws regarding where and how autonomous trucks can operate.” Read more…
While truck driving may be one of the most hazardous professions in America, especially in terms of fatalities, no occupation in the United States can compare to the hazards of the logging industry, especially when controlling for the number of hours worked. Read more…
Tucker Door & Trim will invest $10 million to create its first logistics facility in Virginia. The company’s brand new manufacturing and assembly operation for fiberboard and fiberglass doors and windows will open THEIR doors in Henrico County by April 1, 2024: “The expansion, which will create 50 new jobs, will increase capacity and provide the company the ability to serve the northeastern market.” Read more…
Joshua Giesbrecht, known as “Trucker Josh” to followers of his YouTube channel “My Trucking Life,” is the newest inductee into the Howes Hall of Fame: “Howes officially inducted Giesbrecht into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday, March 20, at the 2024 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville.” During the show, Giesbrecht was a guest at the Howes products booth, where he engaged with fellow drivers and told stories about his career, both as a truck driver and a viral vlogger. Read more…
With amassing student debt, Americans are looking for lucrative alternatives to a four-year college degree and trucking is proving to be a light at the end of the tunnel for many. A 24-year-old social media star, who goes by “Alex the Trucking Guy” on TikTok, has built an enormous following extolling his life on the road as a trucker. Since the start of the pandemic, Alex has garnered over a million and a half followers across all of social media, allowing viewers to ride along with him as he documents the job of a truck driver traveling cross-country. Read more…
