Biden’s plan to fix truck driver shortage inadequate, fails to address root of problem, association says

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An independent truck driver association is pushing back on the narrative of a nationwide shortage of truck drivers, saying the real problem lies with the industry’s high turnover rates. 

“We think the biggest problem, as far as driver workforce, is retention,” Collin Long, Director of Government Affairs for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) told FOX Business. 

The Biden administration announced its Trucking Action Plan to Strengthen America’s Trucking Workforce ahead of an expected White House Trucking Roundtable with industry leaders on Thursday. 

Trucks drive on a snow-covered stretch of eastbound Interstate Highway 90, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, as snow falls near Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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