Lifestyle

Linehaul Truckers are Facing a Quality of Life and Health Crisis

For gay, lesbian, transgender and black truck drivers, life on the road can be a comfort and provide a level of safety and security, in part because of the way the trucking community has accepted them.

Celadon’s turnaround team is bringing back generous vacation time and cash bonus incentives to recruit drivers for its tweener business. 

Last week, FreightWaves published a commentary suggesting that solving the driver shortage may be as easy as raising pay – a supply and demand issue. We got many comments on that, including from Stifel Equity Research’s John Larkin, who said economics is not the only issue at play.