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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeJune 11, 2025

Better Trucking Teams, from the Cab to the Conference Room

People from a variety of backgrounds are more likely to stay with companies where they feel heard and where their feedback leads to real change.

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Articlesby David CullenNovember 13, 2019

How Trucking is Widening the Driver Pool

How trucking is looking beyond traditional demographics and filling empty seats with minorities and women.

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Newsby StaffNovember 4, 2019

Mack Trucks and Labor Union Ratify Four-Year Labor Agreement

Members of the United Auto Workers union have ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with Mack Trucks, covering 3,500 employees at the company’s manufacturing facitlities.

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ArticlesMarch 15, 2019

Commentary: The Enduring Technician Shortage

There’s a challenge that’s been haunting almost every maintenance and repair manager for as long as Executive Contributing Editor Rolf Lockwood has been writing about trucking.The shortage of skilled mechanics and technicians is a plague that just won’t go away.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniOctober 3, 2018

Commentary: A Three-Pronged Approach to Technician Retention

A decent place to work, modern technology tools, and a path for professional growth are three necessary parts of finding and retaining truck technicians.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsApril 17, 2018

Bonus Blues: What Trucking Company Owners Can Learn About Sharing Success

When it comes to rewarding employees, both context and optics matter. A lot. Senior Editor Jack Roberts takes a bit of a departure in his Truck Tech blog to write about how one successful business owner just lost a valued employee.

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NewsMarch 29, 2018

Most Transportation Companies Plan to Grow Workforce in 2018

HireRight's survey found that while the majority of transportation companies planned to increase their workforce in 2018, they were concerned about how difficult it was to find qualified candidates.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniJanuary 26, 2018

Generational Differences Present Challenges for Employers

With three generations currently in the workplace, practices that help you motivate one generation may not work on another.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniNovember 20, 2017

Commentary: 3 Ways to Improve Technician Recruiting

Fleets have been struggling with the technician shortage for years, and it doesn’t look like there will be a silver bullet to solve the problem anytime soon. However, there are some things you can do to improve your odds of getting the technicians you need.

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NewsOctober 24, 2017

ATA's Workforce Development Subcommittee to Tackle Worker Shortages

American Trucking Associations announced the creation of its Workforce Development Subcommittee to address the issue of recruiting, training, and retaining personnel to work in the trucking industry.

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