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We have a proven shortage of Doctors in certain areas of the country and that's where the imported Drs would be sent to practice. NOT where they choose to practice. Drs also are ALL paid the same rate for the same job, it's all part of our health system unlike trucking. When the need can proven by freight stacking up on docks then there will be a proven shortage NOT when a bottom feeder carrier wines that they can't find help.

 

i think the point is---certain areas of trucking--and certain areas in the medical field ,its hard to find drivers for
with an oil boom on--i would think that a lot of drivers who had been long haul are now there,which limits the amount of drivers availible in certain parts of the country

 

Customers dictate whether there is a shortage or not...not the supplier. That's why cities/communities are recruiting Drs because their tax payers are complaining. Show me a shipper that can't move his freight (that pays a proper rate) and I'll buy into the driver shortage. The shelves aren't empty in the west and their cheap outbound is still getting moved...no shortage in my estimation.

I drove past Challenger Motor Freight this am...$1,000 bonus for new mechanics....mechanic shortage! I am yet to see a bonus for truck drivers...no shortage.

 

That's the funny thing about immigration, it really depends on which side of the fence you're looking at it from. Only 3.8% of our nation's population can claim that they were not immigrants to this country we all call home, but yet those already living and working here have the right to claim that this land is ours alone? Hopefully anyone making that argument is intelligent enough to see the social flaws there, it mimics a school-yard disagreement over a basketball, all the while the school itself is going up in flames. The root of the problem is the companies and their outlook on professional drivers. Anger towards immigrants looking for a better home and a way to feed their wife and children is sorely misguided. The sooner we, as a driver population, identify the real issues at hand, the closer we'll be to commencing a deep-rooted form of social change among transportation companies, bringing better working conditions and attitudes among professional drivers. True respect is always earned.

 

well if they have mt trucks--and can find frieght for the trucks when they roll and make money---and yet they pay good and have good equipment and treat you good---what is wrong with them filling the trucks with imports ,when they cant get canadian drivers???
i am not saying there is a driver shortage canada wide,but in some places yes ther is---
same as the doctor shortage--the universitys are still putting out doctors arnt they ?? and because they dont want to work for a lower wage in bfe but choose to go to the us or whereever---that you find ok--to import dr.s but not drivers---still the same thing to m

 

How can you say there's a shortage of drivers anywhere. Again, show me a shipper or consignee with freight paying an adequate rate that can't get it moved and then we'll talk. Until then, the "demand" for drivers is carriers trying to take market share/drivers away from their competition. If/when the carriers solve the "driver churn" problem there would be no MT trucks. There's a great letter to the editor in this month's Today's trucking saying the exact same thing.

The shortage of Drs. is real, you mentioned earlier about snotty nosed kids in the emergency dept. It will only get worse as our population ages...hang on for that ride.

 

so because they import drivers is your only reason for calling a company bottom feeders?
ok you can have your forign doctors i will stick to my canadian doctor---in the states

 

I've been recruiting people during my work history and I know there is always a shortage of professionals. That doesn't care about the profession... Drivers, construction workers, doctor, whatever - you always need professionals.

As a driver you must be more than just a good driver. The work is so much more than just driving. You are a representative of your company. Personally I know many drivers who drive well and safe but they shouldn't have any contact with the customers as they are **sholes etc.

 

And we've all dealt with customers that were **sholes also.

Nothing's perfect, but again until freight stacks up like cord wood for the wood stove there is no driver shortage.

 

I agree that there is no driver shortage.

Until companies can put a team in every OTR truck then they will continue to say there is a shortage. Simply by saying there is a shortage we get people from North America and around the world looking to go into trucking thinking there must be job security and money in it. Which really offers little of either. A new driver is another opportunity for exploitation and lesser wages.

If there was a true driver shortage,companies wouldn't take the risks of paying drivers less than the company next door. Drivers would be making in the $30 dollar an hour neighbourhood,but we just don't see that. If they lose drivers they lose customers because of the inability to move their freight,that doesn't seem to be an issue though.

If anyone in a truck believes that there is a driver shortage in this country,let me ask you this.

What will happen to the wages we make now When the supply of drivers reaches demand? We should see costs for companies decline. Which would indicate that our wages will contract.......we will be paid less. So, right now at anywhere from $15-$20hr on average would you say we are currently are overpaid?

Companies have been trying to flood the driver market for years to create a large surplus of drivers so they can put downward preasure on drivers wages. They show flow charts and graphs to the government and the government coughs up some money for training and pushes people through unemployment to get a license. All at the taxpayers exspense companies are pushing to flood the driver pool so they can drive down wages further.


Companies have resorted to bringing in foreign drivers because. A) that driver will usually work for less or will be put onto runs that they will trade their health for(sleeping poorly) without knowing it before it's too late.
B) they know that they can push the envelope of exploiting drivers which will have little choice but to leave and go home.

Bringing in foreign drivers will be about exploitation,not meeting a driver shortage.

When you see a driving job posted and it reads "two years experience or past applicants need not apply" where is the shortage that a company can turn drivers away or choose to be picky when the opportunity to fill a truck could pass.
You could say "well,insurance dictates that you must have two years experience to be insured." Insurance companies can add this stipulation because they understand that drivers are a "dime a dozen" and "you'd better find one with experience before you put him in the truck,were not paying for guys that will destroy the equipment,we don't have to,there are plenty of qualified guys to do the job."

Again there is no real shortage,the only shortage is the one the Companies are selling to everyone. Don't drink the cool aid.