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FEMALE TRUCKERS * Canada - Women taking the wheel
"You really are your own boss. If you own your own truck, you are a business person. You decide where and when to go." Jayne Gunn
Brantford,Canada -The Expositor, by CHERYL BAUSLAUGH -31 July 2008: -- Sitting behind the wheel of a big rig isn't everyone's cup of tea. But it can be an interesting and well-paying job for men and women, says Jayne Gunn, who is president of the Brantford Traffic Club and the only Canadian board member of Women In Trucking -- an advocacy group for women in the transportation industry -- knows what she's talking about... A single parent with two teenagers, aged 13 and 15, she's spent most of her working life in the transportation industry. Gunn said it's been a challenging, fulfilling career that has more than paid the bills... She's worked at Sunbury, a mid-sized company based in Fredericton, N. B., since March... Gunn said trucking has traditionally been seen as a job for burly men. But those stereotypes are starting to break down, as more women get into the industry... Anyone over the age of 21 with a Grade 10 education can take an eight-week training course to get their truck driving licence, Gunn said she believes that people should learn about sharing the road with big rigs as part of basic driver training... Gunn said she's "passionate" about what she does and wants to raise the profile of an industry she sees as vital to today's economy..."We in North America would not survive without the trucking industry." ...
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