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Driver shortage - Canada - Worries trucking companies
Truck repos aren't a sign of all things badSt. John&Newfoundland,Canada -CBC News Newfoundland & Labrador - May 17 2006: -- Trucking companies in Newfoundland and Labrador say they are struggling to keep up with orders because of a shortage of qualified drivers... Sparkes Transportation and Crane Ltd., a small company that operates seasonally, has already seen four of its drivers leave to take up work in the Northwest Territories... the company – which specializes in transporting explosives – is finding it hard to recruit new drivers because of the powerful lure of higher wages in Western Canada... Gordon Peddle, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Carriers Association, said trucking companies are losing drivers to other industries... Peddle said demand for truck drivers is expected only to grow. To reverse the shortage, he said, employers will have to improve wages and benefits...
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