Posts Tagged ‘ trucking companies ’

Few Truckers Can Afford Health Insurance

Jun 5th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

A port-funded study on health care options for independent truck drivers in San Pedro Bay paints a mostly bleak picture for drivers and their families, who face high costs, limited coverage and the likelihood of rejection by insurance companies.
The study, presented Monday to Port of Long Beach Harbor Commissioners, estimates that 40 percent of drivers [...]



With Gas Hitting Record Highs, Drivers Feeling Squeezed

Apr 22nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Information

Cabbies here complain their take-home pay is thinner than it used to be. Trucking companies across the country are making drivers slow down to conserve fuel. Filling station owners plead that really, really, the skyrocketing prices aren’t their fault.
And the rest of us? With gas prices now averaging $3.50 a gallon nationwide, according to AAA [...]