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Members of the Truckers Movement for Justice group were met by FMCSA officials, including Administrator Robin Hutcheson, during a May 1 demonstration outside DOT headquarters.

Members of the Truckers Movement for Justice group were met by FMCSA officials, including Administrator Robin Hutcheson, during a May 1 demonstration outside DOT headquarters.

The protest is aimed at improving working conditions for all truckers, whether owner-operators, small fleet owners, or company drivers.

A longtime truck driver and labor organizer is heading up a planned protest at U.S. DOT headquarters Monday, May 1, with the goal of improving working conditions for all truckers, whether owner-operators, small fleet owners, or company drivers.

Industry bosses complain they can’t hire drivers but workers say they’re underpaid and treated ‘like trash’

The notion of a trucker shortage is a narrative decades in the making that has long been a point of hot debate in the industry.

One high school is offering a truck-driving elective for students amid a widespread trucker shortage and an aging workforce. Mint Images/Getty Images