About 72% of goods transported in the U.S. are carried by truckers. But with high turnover rates and dwindling driver supply, the industry has reached a breaking point.
"Oh, I'm very concerned about this, and it reflects the fact that as long as we go through phase after phase of this pandemic, we're seeing disruptions in supply," Buttigieg said. Over 100 companies are committing to expand trucking apprenticeship programs and a task force to investigate predatory truck leasing. Drivers have been fleeing in droves—with yearly turnover hitting 90% in parts of the trucking industry.
"I seen a guy just this morning. He'd been sitting up for three to four hours, just sitting there, just waiting to get his truck loaded. And he's not making any money," Weaver said.
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Easy fix pay people q good wage stop this double and triple brokering shit make the rate the rate trucks are almost 200k and they want you to haul for 1.50 a mile when the load pays 5 dollars a mile