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Shortage of Drivers * USA - Trucking Industry Expecting Huge One
Despite the weak economy and a national unemployment rate hovering just under 10 percent, trucking companies report a shortage of long-haul drivers -- a problem federal labor officials and trucking officials say will grow worse over the next 10 years
New York,NY,USA -ABC News, by BRANDI KRUSE -Feb. 26, 2010: -- The cost of goods may rise if trucker shortage continues. Despite the weak economy and a national unemployment rate hovering just under 10 percent, trucking companies report a shortage of long-haul drivers -- a problem federal labor officials and trucking officials say will grow worse over the next 10 years... "We expect we will have a sizable driver shortage in the less popular driving jobs," said Clayton Boyce with the American Trucking Association. "The least desirable jobs are the ones where you are driving a truck for weeks or more and never getting home"... The implications for consumers are clear... "If the jobs go unfilled or if there is a need to raise wages in order to attract workers into those occupations, I think either thing would have a tendency to raise the cost of goods," said Eric Thompson, professor of economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln... There may be another hidden cost to consumers as well. Thompson said if companies cannot fill these positions more goods may have to be packed into fewer rigs. That could mean that laws regulating the weight trucks can carry on roads would have to be changed to allow heavier loads. For the taxpayer, that could translate into more tax dollars being spent to maintain highways... (Scott Olson/Getty Images - Trucks are driven along I-90 near downtown in Chicago, Ill., in this Jan. 2010 file photo)(See full comments here)
OOKG70 -28 Feb 2010: ... The problem isn't a driver shortage. The problem is a shortage of companies that care enough about their drivers to keep them happy and get them home on a regular basis...
LIFETL ChinatownARCC Feb-27: ... what company do you work for.? I know truckers needing joobs, but every company they call says their not hiring...
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