In the most recent monthly Bureau Labor Statistics report, the number of truck transportation jobs vacillated in what could only be described as “an up-and-down affair.”  In June, total jobs in the truck transportation sector “declined by 200 jobs from May, according to the BLS, coming in at 1,609,700 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis.”  But this number was an adjusted figure for May, “which was an increase of 700 jobs from the initial May employment report.” The April jobs went on to be revised upward by 100 jobs as well.  Read more…