New Jersey Trucking Companies Need More Drivers.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: June 11, 2004 | Copyright information

By Hugh R. Morley, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 11--Last year, Metropolitan Trucking had little trouble finding drivers to put its 315 tractor-trailers on the road.

But this week -- even as the Paterson-based hauler offered new drivers a salary of up to $55,000 plus health benefits -- eight Metropolitan trucks stood empty, driverless.

And recruitment advertisements in 15 newspapers across eight states Su...

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