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Lawmakers and unions urge stronger training, pay and parking to retain truck drivers
Summary
Witnesses urged Congress to expand high‑quality training, apprenticeship programs and pay reforms while addressing parking and safety to reduce turnover in the trucking workforce.
Members of the House subcommittee and witnesses at the hearing said recruiting and retaining qualified truck drivers will require better training, improved pay and safer working conditions, including parking and restroom access.
Several witnesses urged expansion of the Registered Apprenticeship and the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Program enacted under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to bring younger drivers into the workforce with supervised experience across state lines. The…
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