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American Truckers United exposes labor dumping in trucking; will Trump fix it? | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Timothy Dooner
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Key Takeaways:

  • Episode 810 of WHAT THE TRUCK?! discusses the trucking industry's labor dumping problem, focusing on the influx of inexperienced drivers during the pandemic.
  • The episode features insights from Shannon Everett of American Truckers United regarding the impact of the pandemic and potential solutions, including Trump's executive orders.
  • Luke Havener of Sentry Logistics provides expertise on home furnishing logistics, comparing warehouse and residential deliveries.
  • Additional topics covered include tariff impacts, a continuing segment ("Squats Across the World"), and unsafe working conditions.
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On Episode 810 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to American Truckers United’s Shannon Everett about the labor dumping problem in trucking. Did the pandemic-fueled bull freight market open the floodgates for inexperienced and dangerous drivers to enter the industry? Will Trump’s executive orders clamp down on the issue? Everett breaks it all down.

Sentry Logistics’ Luke Havener is a home furnishing logistics expert. We’ll find out how this type of freight works and what’s harder to deliver to: warehouses or people’s houses.

Plus, tariff Tuesday fallout; Squats Across the World continues; and a rate the strap work that would make OSHA blush. 

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.