WHAT THE TRUCK?!? EP626 Walmarts 6-figure driver program, how dredging works and DOTs new drug test
b'On today\\u2019s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is kicking off National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with Ricky Sharp and Ashley Milacek from the Associate-to-Driver Program at Walmart and Sam\\u2019s Club.\\xa0\\n\\nWe\\u2019ll find out how more than 70 Walmart and Sam\\u2019s Club associates are taking on new roles as regional truck drivers for Walmart\\u2019s Private Fleet. Many of these associates are moving from hourly roles at Walmart stores or Sam\\u2019s Club supply chain facilities, earning up to $110,000 in their first year of driving.\\n\\nBillions of cubic yards of material are removed from sites around the globe annually in an effort to keep the big ships and their cargo moving. But how does dredging work? We\\u2019re going to find out from Dredging Contractors of America CEO William Doyle.\\xa0\\n\\nThe final rule allowing for saliva-based DOT drug testing went into effect June 1. We\\u2019ll find out what this means for carriers and drivers when Kathy Close, transportation safety editor at J. J. Keller joins us.\\n\\nPlus, the Flexport fallout, UAW strike, a fourth Nikola battery fire, semi-truck golf carts, an amazing rescue, Dooner goes to Jackson Hole and more.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWatch on YouTube\\nVisit our sponsor\\nSubscribe to the WTT newsletter\\nApple Podcasts\\nSpotify\\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'