Podcast: Trucking Industry Facing Similar Advocacy Roadblocks as Builders
Join the hosts of NAHB’s Housing Developments podcast, CEO Jerry Howard and Chief Lobbyist Jim Tobin, as they talk with American Trucking Association (ATA) President and CEO Chris Spear on the trucking industry’s key advocacy challenges. Tune in to hear how the ATA is tackling supply-chain disruptions, infrastructure policy changes, skilled labor shortages, over-regulation, the COVID response and more.
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