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Werner Enterprises pledges to hire 1,400 veterans under White House initiative
Summary
Nathan Meiskeier, president of Werner Enterprises, pledged the company will hire 1,400 veterans over the coming year as part of the Freedom Haulers effort, and said 15% of the company's 14,000 associates are veterans or military spouses.
Nathan Meiskeier, introduced in the transcript as the president of Werner Enterprises, announced a private‑sector hiring commitment tied to the administration's Freedom Haulers initiative. "Werner Enterprises is officially committing to hire 1,400 veterans in the coming year," he said, adding that 15% of the company’s 14,000 associates are veterans and military spouses.
Meiskeier framed the pledge as complementary to federal efforts to reduce red tape and translate military heavy‑vehicle experience into civilian commercial driver's licenses. He said the company's commitment will "have a direct and powerful impact on our ability to bring even more veterans into our workforce and into this great trucking economy." The transcript records the pledge as an explicit private commitment; it does not include details on hiring timelines by location or the positions those veterans will fill beyond commercial driving roles.
