The trucking industry is working to overcome employment obstacles amid a tightening labor market and soft economy, a panel of experts said Oct. 16 during American Trucking Associations’ 2023 Management Conference & Exhibition.
“The economic outlook is not fantastic, but obviously it’s not terrible,” said Lee Klaskow, a senior global transportation and logistics analyst at Bloomberg. “The unemployment level — you can see — is inching up, and I think that’s very important to look at. We’re talking about labor, so you can see that the labor market is going to get a little looser over time. But it’s still pretty tight.”
