After serving as a hospital corpsman in the Navy, Allentown resident Matthew Marcano was looking for a career. He found it as a truck driver. On Tuesday, Mareano told an audience that about finding the opportunity for a second career at Lehigh Carbon Community College’s commercial driver’s license training program.
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Your View: Veterans help solve supply chain problem caused by truck driver shortage
By PATRICK J. MURPHY August 11, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. Most of us didn’t give much thought to the supply chain until our normal lives were disrupted by the pandemic. But now, these concerns have become real kitchen table issues for the first time in recent memory as families confront increasing costs and empty shelves. One […]
I think she can do anything she wants, don’t you? Well, hello, everyone. It’s an honor to welcome you to the White House out on the lawn here. I heard that helicopter going by. I was hoping the helo wasn’t going to land. (Laughter.) Maria, thanks for sharing your story. And my buddy, Patrick Murphy, […]
America’s trucking industry moves 72% of American goods, but needs 80,000 new truckers to keep the country moving. To answer this critical supply chain need, Task Force Movement is launching the Veterans Trucking Task Force to put veterans in driver’s seats. The Veterans Trucking Task Force will work with national veterans organizations to create a […]
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FACT SHEET: The Administration’s Unprecedented Actions to Expand and Improve Trucking Jobs
Since Day 1, the Administration has taken on the supply chain disruptions and price increases resulting from the decades-long lack of investment in the nation’s goods movement supply chain. The Administration enacted the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to bring our infrastructure to the 21st century, worked with ports to clear the docks and gets good moving, […]
The push to add veterans to the trucking industry has been apparent over the past year. That push continued with the announcement of a new task force. Task Force Movement: Life-Cycle Pathways for Veterans and Military into Trucking is the latest effort to transition veterans into a career in trucking. Its mission, according to the […]
America’s truck drivers are essential to keeping the goods we all rely on—and our economy—Woman Driving a Truck. moving. Unfortunately, the industry continues to face long-standing recruitment and retention challenges as the demand for drivers has grown during the pandemic. That’s why the Administration took action and created the Trucking Action Plan to Strengthen America’s […]
“A lack of truck parking across the country is about more than just inconvenience, it impacts safety and retention as exhausted drivers have nowhere to rest.” — The White House WASHINGTON — From acknowledging the lack of safe 18-wheeler parking to ensuring female truck drivers are safe from sexual predators, The administration addressed multiple key […]
The “Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Information Session” YouTube video discusses the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Program, which is a collaboration between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Labor, and Commercial Drivers License division. The program, established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021, aims to enroll 1000 carriers and focuses on safety, […]
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New Laws Provide More Opportunities and Streamline Processes for Critical Commercial Drivers
Testing program expanded; reexamination wait time and fee removed; extended test result validity As a result of the 2022 General Assembly session, three new laws make the licensing process smoother through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and its partners by expanding commercial driver’s license (CDL) testing providers, removing the wait time and fee […]
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