Bill to Support Women In Trucking Association’s Mission Reintroduced in Bipartisan effort
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Lawmakers re-introduced a bill, Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act, which directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator to establish an Women of Trucking advisory board.
“This bill will help us create a more female-friendly environment in supply chain careers so we can not only attract and retain, but promote women in trucking. PLOVER, Wis. (PRWEB) March 03, 2021 The transportation sector has always been a male dominated workforce. Female pilots, truck drivers, conductors and ship captains are still in the minority. The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) was formed to specifically address the lack of diversity.
with permission from the author. It’s the second part of a two-part series.
As I mentioned in the previous part of this series, after George Floyd’s recorded and televised murder, I was devastated. However, after a few months, I heard that my area’s local association the Atlanta Realtors Association had started a diversity and inclusion council. I wondered if (and hoped) this moment would be perhaps another historic turning point in the South, particularly among Realtors.
But as I shared in Part 1, this initial initiative left me extremely disappointed. On its face, the association can say: “Look at us. We are so committed to diversity and inclusion that we have a council so named.”