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Greg Regan: Things are getting better with the supply chain. We can clear the number of containers that are sitting in the yards, but we need to address structural issues that have been decades in the making, such as misclassification of workers.
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Greg Regan: Our system is so driven by quarterly profit margins, but our trucking industry can't be built like that. It needs to be flexible & resilient.
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Greg Regan: When we don't have the manufacturing capabilities here to produce what we need, we're at the mercy of other countries to get what we need.
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Rick: You testified in front of the Senate.
Greg Regan: The Repub. side seemed focused on blaming Biden and/or vaccine mandates. They want to lower the age of truckers & change the hours of service requirements.
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Greg Regan: The trucking industry has a 90% turnover rate. There isn't a lack of workers--they're leaving almost as soon as they get hired. Allowing 18 yr-olds to get CDLs will have an initial surge in avail workers but it won't address the underlying problems.
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Greg Regan: The @Teamsters have rail members. When you get that job, you're going to stay because it's a good paying job with good benefits. Those who are leaving no longer want to work in an industry where the company is cutting corners, making things unsafe.
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Greg Regan: A lot of short-sighted policies have gotten us to the problems we have now.
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Rick: The entire system is privately run. How come we don't hear about how inefficient they are?
Greg Regan: I don't think people realize how the goods in the stores get there. There's a lot that goes into getting that done, & people only pay attn when it goes wrong.
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Greg Regan: What we've done over the years about limiting gov't agencies' ability to provide oversight means that companies can get away with things. We need to restore that oversight.
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Greg Regan: We've got some trains that are 5 miles long--5 miles!!--and they want ONE person to man that train? We need to make sure to lock in a minimum of two-person crews.
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Greg Regan: Rick Scott of FL was complaining we didn't have an oversight hearing on supply chains...in the middle of an oversight hearing on supply chains.
Rick: They don't believe gov't should do anything so they try to handcuff the gov't so it *can't* do anything.
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Greg Regan: We need to continue to put the focus on the industries that are responsible for this. A lot of focus is on the ports, & things get backlogged moving containers into the country. How do we change things to make them better in the future?
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