‘At The Edge Of A Cliff’: Trucking Industry Leader Says ‘Rewarding People’ Not To Work, Vaccine Mandates Are Worsening Supply Chain
American Trucking Associations chief executive Chris Spear warned that several economic bottlenecks — including vaccine mandates — are threatening an industry already at the “edge of a cliff.”
During an interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, Spear said that one obstacle facing the industry is “a year of policies” that involved “rewarding people not to return to work.” He pointed to a “chronic shortage of talent, not just in trucking where we’re short 81,000 drivers, but across every sector of employment.”
“We are all taking a pay cut in 2022 as a result of bad policies,” Spear added, citing the inflationary impact of labor shortages. “But it doesn’t have to be this hard or this long if you institute good policy, rather than just being perceived as doing something, you’ll move out of this COVID-induced rut a lot faster.”
Spear also cited COVID-19 vaccine mandates as “adding additional headwind” to trucking companies, which are “moving 72% of the domestic freight.”- READ MORE
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