Sep 27 U.K. mulls calling in army to help ease gas shortages at pumps By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The government says it has “no plans at the moment” to deploy troops. The haulage industry says the U.K. is short as many as 100,000 truckers, due to the coronavirus pandemic and an exodus of foreign workers following Brexit. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 7:46 A career truck driver on why his is no longer 'a middle-class job' By Paul Solman Jobs in the trucking industry are increasingly threatened by technology and the rise of driverless trucks. But what explains the contradictory dynamic between fears of job elimination and a current shortage of truck drivers in the U.S.? The NewsHour returns… Continue watching
Jan 24 Glimpse into a trucker's life with this excerpt from 'The Long Haul' By Gretchen Frazee "The Long Haul" provides a look into a the life of Finn Murphy, who dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Continue reading
Jun 09 High Fuel Prices Lead to Protests in Europe By PBS News Hour Truck drivers in Spain and Portugal blocked roads Monday to protest soaring global fuel prices, which also caused the national average price of gasoline in the United States to rise above $4 per gallon over the weekend. Continue reading