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A trucker quit his job minutes after he and his wife both won lottery prizes
Tony Hedley and his wife, Christine, both had winning tickets each worth £166,666, or about $210,00…
Alia Shoaib
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Ukraine's drone war offensive threatened by Polish truckers' month-long border blockade
A month-long border blockade by Polish truck drivers, who say they are being undercut, is causing s…
Rebecca Rommen
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Taylor Swift shelled out $100,000 bonuses to truckers on her Eras tour, reports say
Taylor Swift's father passed out the $100,000 checks to Eras tour truckers with handwritten letters…
Grace Kay
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More freight carriers are exiting the market as soaring diesel prices drag on truckers
Diesel prices have surged 18% from July to September, and that's worsened financial stress for truc…
Phil Rosen
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Millennials rejoice: Wedge sandals are back!
Platform wedges were popular in the late '00s and 2010s, but had fallen out of style. Until now. Fi…
Katie Notopoulos
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Trucking company offers a new perk as it battles nearly 100% turnover: a personal advocate for its drivers to help them schedule appointments and manage business
Central Florida Transport said the advocate does anything from schedule healthcare appointments to …
Grace Kay
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American truckers' wages have dropped by more than $50,000 since 1980, creating one of the industry's biggest problems
The dizzying wage decrease in long-haul trucking since 1980 contributes to the industry's high turn…
Bianca Giacobone
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Truckers over a billion hours sitting in traffic every year, making shipping even more expensive. See the 10 worst bottlenecks.
The intersection of I-95 at SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey has been the most congested bottleneck for…
Bianca Giacobone
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Truck drivers say employers pressured them to drive for longer than they were legally allowed to after changing their electronic log times
One trucker told 11Alive his employer would erase his e-log and give him another 11 hours to drive,…
Kate Duffy
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Truckers are on pace to file a record number of complaints against employers amid the driver shortage
Supply-chain snags have forced truck drivers to wait hours at ports and depots under tight delivery…
Grace Kay
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A Twitch trucker and influencer broadcast the moment his truck crashed to his nearly 10,000 followers
A longtime truck driver told Insider that he hadn't seen a truck driver crashing live on air before…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Biden says investment bankers 'could all retire and nothing much would change,' but if truckers quit 'everything comes to a halt'
President Joe Biden highlighted the essential work of truck drivers while promoting his Trucking Ac…
Hannah Towey
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Truckers warn skyrocketing diesel prices are making US supply-chain and trucking industry unsustainable
Insider spoke with five truckers who warned the industry could be at a breaking point as record gas…
Grace Kay
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Leaked data reportedly reveals a Texas construction CEO who once loaned Trump his private jet is a top donor to the 'Freedom Convoy' trucker protest
Hackers leaked the names of over 92,000 donors who gave thousands to the protesters known as the "F…
Grace Kay
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A semi-truck accident spewed 15,000 pounds of hot dog filler across a Pennsylvania highway
A state trooper told local news that the "violent stopping motion" of the tractor trailer caused th…
Grace Kay
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Ottawa police chief resigns amid trucker protest that's crippled Canada's capital city
Sources told local news that the police chief has been accused of behavior that hurt the force's ab…
Grace Kay
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Police seize fuel and increase arrests as Canadian trucker vaccine mandate protests hit 12-day mark
Police said they are "turning up the heat" on the Freedom Convoy protest in Canada's capital, as pr…
Grace Kay
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The Ottawa trucker protests over vaccine mandates is causing traffic delays on a major Detroit bridge
The Ambassador Bridge, which is the busiest international land border crossing in North America, ha…
Sophia Ankel
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The labor department said a transport company must pay $145,000 in damages and back pay after it disciplined workers who said they were too sick or tired to drive
The company gave two employees disciplinary points, resulting in one being terminated, the DOL said.
Grace Dean
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Walmart is offering truckers a starting salary between $95,000 to $110,000 a year, as retailers scramble to shore up supply-chain capabilities
Walmart is also establishing programs to allow its employees to train to become truck drivers thems…