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TRUCKERS' SHORTAGE * USA & News Zealand
* Michigan / USA - Demand for new truck drivers hits high gear
Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Michael Martinez -August 8, 2013: -- Trucking companies in Michigan and across the country are aggressively pursuing new drivers as the industry struggles with high turnover rates, tighter driving regulations and increased demand to ship cargo... Companies, which ship everything from cars and video games to raw goods and machinery, are spending more money on hiring and advertising. One Metro Detroit company has even started its own driving school to find and prepare workers for long hauls on the road... With a national turnover rate above 90 percent, an abundance of drivers reaching retirement age and a law enacted this summer limiting the amount of time on the road to just 70 hours a week (down from 82), companies are scrambling to hire... The American Trucking Association estimates a nationwide shortage of 25,000 truck drivers, a number that could balloon to 240,000 by 2020 at the current pace. The number of people working in truck-related jobs nationwide has dropped to 6.9 million in 2011 from 7.6 million a decade before...
* New Zealand - Truckies concerned over changes
Auckland,NZ -Stuff.co.nz/Timaru Herald News -10 Aug 2013: -- Immigration New Zealand is not backing down from a move to remove truck drivers from the skills shortage list, despite widespread concern from transport companies... Hundreds of overseas drivers working in New Zealand will be forced to return home when Immigration New Zealand removes truck driving from its Immediate Skill Shortage List in February, leaving some operators short of experienced drivers... However, Immigration NZ policy manager Chris Hubscher said the industry had been given a year's transition period and there were no plans to change this... He ruled out a reprieve for regions more likely to be affected by the changes... Several firms spoke to the Herald expressing concern about the move. Hilton Haulage was offering a $1000 sign-on bonus at one stage as an incentive to combat a shortage of suitably qualified truck drivers in the district... Others were worried South Canterbury's small population base made it difficult to attract potential employees, and many said there was a genuine shortage that could not be made up by locals...
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