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<blockquote data-quote="Big Package" data-source="post: 3675063" data-attributes="member: 67494"><p>In the linked article, there is this goodie. I'm wondering how you drivers feel about these statements.</p><p></p><p>From the NY Times:</p><p></p><p>"The American Trucking Associations, citing its own research, <a href="http://www.trucking.org/article/New-Survey-Data-Reveals-Increases-in-Driver-Compensation" target="_blank">claims that</a> long-haul drivers with irregular routes can earn more than $53,000 a year. The group adds that many trucking companies offer signing bonuses to try to attract new workers, and that drivers who work for private corporate fleets often earnsalaries of more than $86,000 a year. <strong>Indeed, drivers who work as employees of companies like Walmart and UPS make a middle-class income, have predictable schedules and enjoy other benefits.</strong> Some drivers in the industry, including at UPS, are <a href="https://teamster.org/divisions/package" target="_blank">represented by the Teamsters union</a>. <strong>But those drivers are the top echelon of the occupation and are not representative of the hundreds of thousands of people who toil in the industry’s underbelly."</strong></p><p></p><p>James Bennet, the editorial board page editor can be reached on Twitter @JBennet and his deputy editorial page editor Kathleen Kingsbury (@katiekings).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Package, post: 3675063, member: 67494"] In the linked article, there is this goodie. I'm wondering how you drivers feel about these statements. From the NY Times: "The American Trucking Associations, citing its own research, [URL='http://www.trucking.org/article/New-Survey-Data-Reveals-Increases-in-Driver-Compensation']claims that[/URL] long-haul drivers with irregular routes can earn more than $53,000 a year. The group adds that many trucking companies offer signing bonuses to try to attract new workers, and that drivers who work for private corporate fleets often earnsalaries of more than $86,000 a year. [B]Indeed, drivers who work as employees of companies like Walmart and UPS make a middle-class income, have predictable schedules and enjoy other benefits.[/B] Some drivers in the industry, including at UPS, are [URL='https://teamster.org/divisions/package']represented by the Teamsters union[/URL]. [B]But those drivers are the top echelon of the occupation and are not representative of the hundreds of thousands of people who toil in the industry’s underbelly."[/B] James Bennet, the editorial board page editor can be reached on Twitter @JBennet and his deputy editorial page editor Kathleen Kingsbury (@katiekings). [/QUOTE]
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