The women in the technical and training teams at Volvo Group North America.Photo courtesy of Volvo Group North America The truck-driver shortage is at an all-time high. The industry may have 160,000 ...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women made up 14.7% of the total workforce in transportation and material moving occupations in 2004. Since then, the transportation industry has made ...

Armed with an English degree, Julia Hogan turned to a career as a truck driver after the pandemic hit. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Julia Hogan spent the first decades of her professional life as a ...

Walmart is reshaping the trucking industry with $115,000 starting pay, better schedules, and modern perks—helping women make ...

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) seeks nominations for its annual Women In Trucking Driver of the Year award, which is sponsored by Walmart. The fourth annual award recognizes female ...

Roush brought Biffle on to his team in NASCAR's third tier of racing, the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series (now the Craftsman Truck Series). Biffle earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1998 despite ...

A new lawsuit accuses one of the US's largest trucking companies of gender discrimination. Women were unable to start work because there weren't enough female trainers, per the suit. The amount of ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today four finalists for the 2025 Influential Woman in Trucking award, sponsored by TrueBlue's ...

Before Clarissa Rankin goes out on a job, a few things need to be in order. First up, a morning meditation."Dealing in transportation, you have to be calm to be a great driver," she says.Then she ...

Young woman truck driver sitting and driving large semi truck. The image of the truck driver in American culture has, for decades, shifted between king-of-the-road heroism and uncouth villainy, taking ...

Jesseca Orosco said goodbye to a desk job and has been truacking for seven years Jesseca Orosco is a female trucker. Her story is part of "My Reality: A Hidden America," a special "20/20" report by ...