I see I did not fully understand your question. I had a breakdown with my Truck yesterday so my thoughts are discombobulated.

Yes …I would also like to see what the membership fees are going for over at ‘Women in Trucking” if Ellen Voie is NOT a Truck Driver Advocate, I see her flying around having Choclate Fountains in Vegas with ATA and there is mostly Industry Men in her Hospitality Room and few actual Women Truckers.

It seems like shes good at making people THINK she is doing something “Behind Closed Doors” but after seeing her at 2 conventions she seems primarily focused on HER image and selling her wares: Memberships, T-Shirts, Toy Trucks , Safety Strap (which is funny because while Lady Godiva was scolding Women in the WIT forum about the Crocheting Trucker advertising her presence, here comes Ellen with a bright Orange Safety Strap for the doors which screams “Theres a Petrified Woman in here ALONE!”)

I saw that Ellen trots her brocheres around the convention with a plastic table tent but when we asked her to display some brocheres for Hope Rivenburg the young Widow trying to pass “Jason’s Law” for Safe Trucker Parking US Bill HR 2156 and S971, she accepted them and them put then UNDER her table.

When asked about them later when she was with Char Pingel, they both looked at each other and Char said “I think they got under the table”… I did confront Ellen about this in an email and she wrote back that “…there was no room on the table” and she “…did hand out a few” but added that she did not have to explain to me.

Indeed, a former Truckers Wife who cannot be bothered to help out Hope Rivenburg with one of her plactic table tents for a few brocheres SPEAKS VOLUMES about Ellen Voie.

Here we have a Safe Trucker Parking Bill from a Highway Trust that is a Non-partisan No-brainer proposed by young widow who carted 5 month old twins and 2 year old and worked her ass off raising awareness for this bill, Ellen Voie is a gross sham.

Also, Ellen Voie entered CDL School as sort of a celebrity so her perception will never be true. This goes for having any credible experience to advise the very people she recruits with her book. She should have to experience what a Real Woman Trucker experiences but even if she did, it would be a controlled environment so any writing or advising she did on the subject would not be accurate.

This is dangerous because it is a dangerous job.

Many Trainers , Company Mangaement and Co-Driving Teams complain that Women entering have been hard to train and work with. Often trainers quit because they don’t want to train Women. Also, there are Women who come out with their Free Workforce Voucher and hope to meet a man so they won’t have to actually work. This has made for and environment where a serious Women are presumed “Guilty” until proven innocent by this Industry.

Ellen Voie using her book to recruit bears responsibilty for that. She needs to clarify what she is doing. She has a major conflict of interest and Rape, Abuse and Violence are what can occur from her trying to have a leg on each side of the fence.

Since I threw the red herring topic of “Sexual Harrassment” and even tried to introduce a Female Trucker who had been Raped and wanted Support to the Forum it is “Paid Members Only” which was funny because one of the Women who was attacking me was never a memeber until this time and Ellen had no Idea I had been a paying member for many months prior…

But that’s okay because I have most of it saved & even one Crazy Post that was deleted from the thread as it was happening.

Lots more Fun coming Soon Boys & Girls

Ellen’s Brother Jerry Wrote there also and this has Beverly’s Response.

I learned in this experience that 70% of Bullying in the Workplace toward Woman actually occurs from other Women.

We have a long way to go ladies. The Men seem to work out their differences even if they can’t stand each other… Let’s get it together! It is NOT your place to JUDGE anyone! God does that, we are here to WORK!!!!!

http://bullyinworkplace.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/follow-up-on-women-in-trucking/

To the contrary, your sister has shown time and again she is beholden to her sponsors, one of which is CRST who is named in a case with an enormous number of Women reporting abuse.

I am also curious why she NEVER says she is an ATA partner on her forum? When I first spoke to Ellen Voie about her sponsor she seemed very much unconcerned and did not seem to know which division exactly the lawsuit stemmed from.

Upon the dismissal she was quick to take up CRST’s position that the charges were without merit without ever reading the public court documents herself.

Your sister’s eagerness to get on camera has been apparent but her postings and behavior, shopping “Women in Trucking” into reality shows with a total disregard that there is an epidemic occurring in this industry that begs attention, not a spot on “Wife Swap”.

Everything is posted publically of which I speak of except for a collection of emails.
I have told your sister time and again I would help her with my skills to promote her organization if she would PLEASE become more vocal of this pressing issue of abuse, she has many excuses and corporate trained double –speak and I have grown tired of waiting.

She is either FOR Supporting Women Truckers who face an Obstacle during their initial period of training or she is FOR the Industry who works overtime to cover it up.
I think 3 years of her 990 for her Non-Profit Organization is in order so we can be transparent about who Ellen Voie answers to.
If she want to celebrate the successes of “Women in Trucking” that is fine, Salute away but she should clarify her Mission Statement that she is NOT going to help them overcome obstacles especially if those obstacles are her paying sponsors. She should clarify also she is NOT an advocate for Women Truckers seeking assistance after they have been Raped, Beaten, Harassed, Intimidated during their training and/or Retaliated against for reporting to the HR Department.

The video speaks volumes about how disconnected with actual Women Truckers Ellen Voie is and I was there when she agreed to speak on camera, she was all too willing and knew very well what my Mission is, to talk about the TRUTH!!!!

I like I said earlier I offered to work with your sister in a cooperative effort since I joined “Women in Trucking” and she couldn’t be bothered with me given her ‘Connections” in the Trucking Industry.

At the Dallas Truck Show, I ran into your sister in the hallway and was astounded how she actually took credit for something she had NOTHING to do with, throwing her hands up in the air like a cheerleader. This was an item I had called her about that she totally dismissed me about but when it turned out to be a simple fix made by a public article, she took it and took credit for it. This is not the first time I have watched her do this.

The first step in making changes for Women is not throwing other Women under the bus. That is not Radical Feminisim, that is being Humane.

Communication is not just talking , it’s listening, learning and making appropriate changes.
Actions speak Louder than Words.
Ronald’s Video Speaks Volumes about how out of touch Ellen truly is.

Desiree

You raise some valid points about Ellen’s inexperience from a truck driving viewpoint. She started Women In Trucking to raise awareness in the trucking industry of women’s concerns and to raise the level of safety and become an advocate for women’s needs in truck stops.

She has experience networking with trucking companies and she knows what it takes to bring about positive changes for women in all aspects of the trucking industry.

I believe you have had some bad experiences in your educational training, from Dan Rather’s interview with you. You have a large following on your site and I would hope that you would work in a cooperative way with Ellen to bring about these changes for women.

Respectfully,

Ellen’s brother, Jerry

Its like the management structure of industry wanders about in la la land.

The sheer volume of recurring complaints with the same thread in the story should
make someone in “Stepford” wake up & see this is a pattern of abuse & its fueled by
the trucking industry leaders who live in denial.

This comment is off the charts!!
What an Analogy!

Want to know my opinion?
I could be wrong, but I think Ellen meant well when she got into Women In Trucking, but started to get beat too badly by the “Roosters, and now….well, we all know the Now.

Someone should go in and rescue her. I think Lady G would love to take her spot.I think she likes beating up the ladies