LLN (5/4/22) – Eighty-four percent of adults in the U.S. are expected to spend a record $31.6 billion dollars this coming Mother's Day. So what does that mean for the freight market? Also, last month, when HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” did an in-depth piece on the trucking industry, it echoed many of the things OOIDA has been saying for years. And there’s a reason for that. We’ll also take a look at how a bird flu outbreak in multiple states is affecting truckers. And how do you increase retention in trucking? The secretary of transportation has some pretty clear ideas of how he thinks it can be done, and he shared those with members of the U.S. Senate earlier this week. 0:00 – Newscast. 09:59 – Last Week Tonight. 24:53 – Mother’s Day and freight. 39:35 – Retention in trucking.

Freight, rates and Mother’s Day