Employee or independent contractor? For many heavy-duty trucking companies that use leased owner-operator truck drivers, the final answer might require a coin toss. On Jan. 10, the Labor Department ...
With economic pressures including record inflation, still-high diesel prices, and volatile freight markets hurting the bottom line of even the largest carriers, owner-operators are having to stay on ...
The ability for owner-operators to essentially control their own workplace environment is such a strong incentive that over 90% of owner-operator respondents ranked the top four motivating factors as ...
Earnings vary widely among truck drivers based on job type and experience, with median earnings ranging from $76,420 for truckload drivers to $186,016 for owner-operators. Truck driver wages have not ...
Off the top of this week's Overdrive Radio podcast is the voice of photojournalist James Year, commenting on an issue he feels holds potential to create alliances where few have existed in American ...
Compensation and just how it's delivered to leased truck owner-operators and company drivers: it's a perennial topic of discussion that's perhaps gotten short shrift this year with so much attention ...
A group of Weld County truck operators and drivers were fired by Friday after striking earlier in the week over fair wages ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OOIDA has filed its latest brief in its fight against AB5. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves) The latest brief by the Owner-Operator ...
33rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends: Puzzling path forward Logistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory ...
TOOELE, Utah (KUTV) — Truck drivers are calling for stronger regulations for training after a severe crash in Tooele on Friday. “Trucker’s offices are the interstate highway so there is no one who is ...
The study charge emphasizes an interest in long-distance trucking. This background chapter, therefore, begins by placing the long-distance truckload (TL) sector within the context of the overall ...
You may find your pickup truck fast enough on the road, but others make a living driving far bigger vehicles for days on end. To be a commercial truck driver means being skilled at handling large ...