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Women entering trucking are at higher risk of meeting obstacles that hinder their success because this male dominated environment is lacking in accountability.

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If the blog of Trucker Desiree was a WOW! In freight terms here is the translation: The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 18,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, the blog of Trucker Desiree would have filled about 4 fully loaded ships.
So put that in your pipe and smoke it you TROLLS!

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Sponsoring Diversity is great, but do your homework. Are you sponsoring a cover up, an advocate or simply looking for a smoke screen to ease the impact of impending litigation? Violence against women is an issue worldwide. Silence equals an endorsement in some male dominated industries.

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The topic of violence against women is taboo in trucking. It is ignored by the ATA, NATSO, OOIDA, WIT so it is no wonder there is a less than serious proactive approach to a small population of alleged serial killers in this industry. This in effect harms the majority of hardworking honest truck drivers who are out here doing their jobs. It is totally irresponsible of trucking leaders to ignore it.

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There is very little guidance by the trucking industry leaders or organizations to assist student truck drivers going from CDL School to their training carriers so that they can become successful, safe truck drivers.

The internet is full of misleading ads and the plethora of associations and organizations make it all the more confusing because they are not being clear on what their true income base relies on. Advocacy, insurance sales, recruiting, it seems like everyone is trying to sell you the magic potion and that is why this industry is so shady.

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                                           Support from Women in Trucking   As I mentioned before I had been in a brouhaha for months while I was a Member of “Women in Trucking“. ( that link will direct you my my other “out of  line” posts on WIT)  As many may have read in “The Trucker” my membership was revoked by [...]

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Big Week Y’all Yes, I was interviewed by Dan Rather and as it turns out this is not the first time he has covered the American Trucker. The episode called “Queen of the Road” , was so popular that the Dan Rather Producers made the video FREE which is HUGE for us poor peons who [...]

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                       CRST Sexual Harassment Case I am disturbed but glad at the same time that some women are coming forward to speak about what is happening in the trucking industry to female students. The  35 cases of sexual harrassment at CRST is just the tip of the iceberg but the tenacity to keep the [...]

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I’m using my Twitter personality for a number of issues but this is personal. I was a rape victim/survivor whatever you call it nowadays back in the eighties when I lived in Dallas. The crime was recently solved in December 2008 but the Statute of Limitations has run out to prosecute the career criminal who did this. He has never been identified as a sexual predator before.
A new bill is before the Texas Legislature would create an identifier for such persons to be entered into the computerized database. I support these bills and I’m telling my story to tell you why.

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I have been writing my Student Trucker Story on “Ask the Trucker” since October 2008. Although by October I was in a much different situation because I had moved from the “Team Division” into a Dedicated Solo Fleet beyond the ridiculously unsafe situations my company placed me in during my training. In this new division I [...]

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