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Oct 27, 2007

TRUCKERS' STORY * USA - More women take the wheel in U.S. trucking industry

Faced with a looming crisis, truck companies want to hire more women to plug the gaps in this male-dominated industry

Des Plaines,Ill,USA -Reuters, by Nick Carey-26 Oct 2007: -- For Carrie Walters and Linda Reynolds, becoming a truck driver was the fulfillment of a childhood dream... The two women spend three weeks on the road at a time in their truck, then three weeks off. Unlike single drivers, teams can drive 24/7 and earn more money. Many long haul drivers can spend months on the road at a time... Today Walters and Reynolds are part of a small but growing minority. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2006 182,000 or 5.2 percent of the country's 3.5 million truck drivers and similar workers were women, up from 84,000 or 3.5 percent of 2.4 million in 1983... One reason for this is the U.S. trucking industry is suffering from a shortage of qualified drivers from their traditional core demographic of middle-aged white men... According to 2006 Bureau of Labor Statistics, truckers earn $36,000 a year on average. But experienced truckers or team drivers like Walters and Reynolds can make up to $60,000 each... (Photo by Nick Carey/Reuters - Linda Reynolds (L) and Carrie Walters give a tour of their truck "Betsy", which they drive on long-haul routes as a team for Con-way Inc, in Des Plaines, Illinois in this picture taken June 28, 2007)

* Celadon boasts 13 percent of its drivers are female
USA -Land Line Magazine -October 26, 2007: -- You may have heard that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that just more than 5 percent of the nation’s truck drivers are women – and that’s all types of trucks... But you might be surprised to learn that Celadon – which operates 4,000 tractor-trailers – has a driving work force that is 13 percent female... That’s more than twice the national average...

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