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Why Hiring Truck Drivers Is Getting Harder
Higher recruiting costs, a shrinking driver pool, and renewed pay competition are raising the stakes for fleets heading into 2027.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHHigher recruiting costs, a shrinking driver pool, and renewed pay competition are raising the stakes for fleets heading into 2027.
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After an independent trucker protest brought the Port of Oakland to a crawl the week of July 18, the port responded with a lawsuit against protesters seeking to keep it from happening again.
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A pilot study will outfit select truck parking spaces along I-80 and I-94 with technology that will help drivers identify open parking spaces.
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Motor carriers that use owner-operators in California are working to re-evaluate their operations in order to meet AB5's strict restrictions on the use of independent contractors.
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Take a look inside the latest engines by Cummins with Jack Roberts and Jim Park and test drive two vehicles using the latest and greatest technologies by the company.
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The three-year program will help trucking companies hire and train new drivers through an apprenticeship pilot.
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The Port of Oakland is back in business this week, after five days of protests against California’s AB5 law hampered and even forced the closure of port operations.
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Trucker protests at the Port of Oakland went into a fourth day Thursday, with some saying they wouldn’t stop until the state government does something about AB5, a new law that severely restricts the use of independent contractors.
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Close to 1,000 protesters slowed the operations at the Port of Oakland to a crawl on July 19 as they tried to draw attention to how the controversial AB5 law will affect truck owner-operators in the state.
Read More →News from the Supreme Court means the end of the owner-operator model as we know it in California – and it could have repercussions nationwide. HDT's editors share what they know about California's AB5 law in this episode of HDT Talks Trucking.
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Truckers serving the California port gateways of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland on July 13 began port-wide protests against Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which is expected to virtually eliminate the use of owner-operators in trucking in the state.
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