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For many years I have attended trucking association events and the one I attend on a regular basis is the TCA (Truckload Carriers Association) annual meeting. I haven’t missed one for 26 years. Others I attend more sporadically are the OTA (Ontario Trucking Association) and ATA (American Trucking Associations’) annual conventions. In this industry one…

#1. Let them know you WANT to hire women. If your recruiting ad doesn’t include women or worse yet, excludes women, you won’t get their attention. Don’t always show a male driver in your ads and don’t assume that the only woman in your ad should be the wife at home. Go back and look…

Changes are coming to the trucking industry and drivers are afraid. It seems like every time we make changes in trucking, the driver gets the worst of it. Drivers always seem to be the ones who pay the price. Sometimes it is in the name of safety but always it results in a change of…

I have had many changes since stepping aside from running a motor carrier. One of the rewarding parts has been the ability to set my own agenda. The flip side of that has been trying to stay focused on new challenges that I have taken on. You see, my new free time has created many…

MTO Releases Draft Training Standard for Class A Mandatory Entry-Level Training

Recently the Women In Trucking Association (WIT) began a partnership with the nonprofit organization, Feeding America, to assist their efforts to fight hunger on a national level. The first step was in creating awareness for drivers and carriers to contact Feeding America if they have a load that has been rejected by the customer for…

Although I usually enjoy what I am doing, now that I have slowed down, it always amazes me how things have a way of piling up and causing stress. At least it seems they have for me and I don’t know why. I tell folks I am semi retired and that it’s a blast. Although…

So, your trucking company is very good at moving freight. You have experience in dispatching drivers and your customer satisfaction is high. You do a great job at the things that you do every day! But today isn’t a usual day. For the first time in months, one of your trucks is involved in a…