TRUCKERS SHORTAGE * USA: Incentives for new drivers
* Minnesota - Trucking firms stretching to find more drivers
(Photo by Joe Raedle - Getty Images: The American Trucking Associations reports the country needs at least 30,000 more drivers, and that the industry must hire 100,000 a year for 10 years to keep pace with retirements, turnover and industry growth)
Minneapolis,MINN,USA -The Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Dee Depass - October 27, 2014: -- On a recent afternoon, Tim Hoag stood in the arrivals area at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport looking for a truck driver... The man he was waiting for, Bill McMahon, had previously driven trucks for Hoag’s company, Copeland Trucking of Fridley, and Hoag made a deal to lure him back... Because McMahon now lives in California, Hoag agreed to let him drive out there once a month, even though Copeland avoids jobs in California because of the state’s burdensome regulations. But finding drivers is so difficult these days that Hoag was willing to accommodate McMahon’s desire for regular visits home... Across the country, trucking companies, and manufacturers and retailers with their own fleets, are resorting to an array of incentives, including higher wages, to attract drivers... Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s biggest retailer and operator of one of its biggest truck fleets, is using radio ads to appeal to qualified truck drivers with an offer of a $76,000 salary plus benefits. That’s far above the national average for truckers, which is around $50,000... Wal-Mart has 7,200 truck drivers but needs more, spokesman Brian Nick said...
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