1. Need Fuels Trucking’s Diversity Push.
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EDMONDSON, CATIE
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TRUCKING , *TRUCK drivers , *WOMEN truck drivers , *TEENAGE automobile drivers , *EMPLOYMENT of minorities , *LABOR supply , *EMPLOYMENT - Abstract
The article reports on the move by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump as of July 2018 to ease federal rules and attract nontraditional drivers such as teenagers, minorities and women to resolve the shortage of truck drivers in the country. Also cited are the required number of drivers as cited by the American Trucking Associations, as well as the move by the government to allow younger drivers with military background to operate commercial vehicles.
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- 2018