The Truckload Carrier Conference also honored the top member-company truck drivers and owner-operators for 2008 during the annual convention. These awards The Truckload Carrier Conference also honored ...

Employee or independent contractor? For many heavy-duty trucking companies that use leased owner-operator truck drivers, the final answer might require a coin toss. On Jan. 10, the Labor Department ...

With economic pressures including record inflation, still-high diesel prices, and volatile freight markets hurting the bottom line of even the largest carriers, owner-operators are having to stay on ...

Leasing owner-operators is one of the quickest ways a trucking company can increase the fleet’s capacity. However, there are several pitfalls with using leased owner-operators, for both the company ...

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Foundation (OOFI) late in 2023 conducted a pair of surveys with its membership to gauge the impacts of two major issues for owner-operators -- ...

Truckers are facing an existential crisis as sky-high fuel prices weigh on their bottom line. Soaring diesel prices have pushed many owner-operator drivers to seek the protection of company driving.

Compensation and just how it's delivered to leased truck owner-operators and company drivers: it's a perennial topic of discussion that's perhaps gotten short shrift this year with so much attention ...

A group of Weld County truck operators and drivers were fired by Friday after striking earlier in the week over fair wages ...

The challenges facing the trucking industry are well-established. A tough job made tougher by challenges in the supply chain has led to driver shortages in recent years. But Rocky River-based trucking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OOIDA has filed its latest brief in its fight against AB5. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves) The latest brief by the Owner-Operator ...