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Breaker! Breaker! - USA - More people are needed to go on the road again as truck drivers
Wilson,NC,USA -Wilson Daily Times, by Laura Keeter -4 Apr 2006: -- The truck driver shortage isn't as grim in Wilson as in some places across the nation, however — mainly because Wilson trucking companies aren't sending drivers out on the road for weeks at a time... Also, eastern North Carolina is a better location for retaining truck drivers compared to more metropolitan areas, says John Lineberger, manager of sales and service at Old Dominion Freight Lines in Elm City... As a result of the national shortage of truck drivers, drivers have received improved benefits and pay. Drivers are paid a percentage of the company's freight rate, so when a freight rate increase is negotiated, the drivers get a pay raise... However, is actively looking for owner-operators, drivers who own their own rigs. He now employs 90 drivers, 47 of whom are company drivers... "Owner/operators are becoming more difficult to find because there are fewer of them," he said. "The cost of fuel is probably contributing factor; company drivers don't pay for the fuel. I do."...
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