PAY shortage for Truck drivers,

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  1. SOAthor

    SOAthor Light Load Member

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    Finally we are seeing some address and focus on the shortage of pay for drivers, in articles such as this,

    The Truck Driver Shortage Can Be Solved By Paying Drivers For All The Work They Do

    still there should be more focus on the pay not the driver shortage, and treatment of drivers such as PTO and their miniscule retirement plans more like minor savings plans.
    Another good one , below Comments ?



    Some very good details in the above if the link works, on fox business
     
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  3. djoh615893

    djoh615893 Light Load Member

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    He nailed it perfectly, and if he dumbed it down for the general public in a way that I appreciate.
     
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  4. haz-matguru

    haz-matguru Road Train Member

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    Companies can't afford to pay drivers more. We live in a capitalist country, it's not about the worker making a decent wage.
     
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  5. CrappieJunkie

    CrappieJunkie Wishin' I was fishin'

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    Subscribed for later.
     
  6. bigmotor1212

    bigmotor1212 Light Load Member

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    I'm not going to hold my breath. If drivers really want this industry to get better, setting aside differences and sticking together is going to be necessary. Also, listening to people that are pro-labor rather than pro-business is going to have to happen too.
     
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  7. 06driver

    06driver Road Train Member

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    Bullcrap.

    Drivers can demand what they want to work. Companies will pay what it takes to get the drivers they want. Just like shippers pay what they have to to get their product moved.

    Capitalism is the only moral structure in the world. Anyone that says different is a commie pinko scum that can move to Cuba and see how that works for them.
     
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  8. SOAthor

    SOAthor Light Load Member

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    Don't forget how well socialism is working in Venezuela
     
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  9. djoh615893

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    And the former Soviet Union, particularly the part where 66 million souls perished for crimes the didn't commit and Ukrainians were starved into cannibalism.
     
  10. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    It's the reality unfortunately. Everyone keeps saying protest and stick together and demand this and demand that. Not realistic.... especially given the speed of the country, technology take over, and people have families to look after. Wages are barely enough to live on.
     
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  11. djoh615893

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    Swift cussed me out because I declined the offer in two separate divisions.
     
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