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FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Chao broke barriers leading federal departments
FreightWaves Classics profiles Elaine Chao, former secretary of the U.S. departments of Labor and Transportation.
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FreightWaves Classics: Construction of the transcontinental railroad was dependent on Chinese labor
FreightWaves Classics profiles the use of Chinese labor to help build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Buttigieg defends administration efforts to ease inflation
Pete Buttigieg pushed back during a DOT budget hearing in the Senate against an effort to blame the Biden administration for rising inflation.
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Trucking company explains why it started a driver apprenticeship program after Biden’s challenge
A Wisconsin trucking company reveals how it has shifted into a higher training gear under President Biden’s 90-day trucker apprenticeship challenge.
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Feds reject industry advice for under-21 truck driver program
Regulators are moving ahead with an apprenticeship program for under-21 drivers despite attempts by trucking and safety groups to modify it.
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Biden highlights new trucking jobs amid looming downturn
The Biden administration praised strides made to boost trucking jobs — but could a freight recession undercut progress?
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Buttigieg prioritizing truck driver pay
The U.S. Department of Transportation is ramping up studies analyzing truck driver pay and unpaid detention time.
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White House laying foundation for ‘next-generation trucking workforce’
The Biden administration is taking a series of actions aimed at bolstering the truck driver workforce that includes assessing compensation.
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ATA claims ‘major victory’ in vaccine exemption for solo drivers
Solo drivers working for large trucking companies will likely be exempt from the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement, the industry’s largest lobby group has confirmed.
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Daily Infographic: Modal Employment in the Transportation & Warehousing Sector
Transportation & Warehousing Employment by Transportation mode
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