Hedrick named incoming president, CEO of Women In Trucking Association

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced Jennifer Hedrick as the incoming president and chief executive officer. She will work with WIT’s board of directors and staff to oversee initiatives…

Trucking continues to face a gender divide

TORONTO, Ont. -- Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is a rarity. Of the 181,330 tractor-trailer drivers working in Canada’s trucking industry in 2016, barely 3% were women, according to Newcom Media’s Changing Face of Trucking research. In contrast, women made up about half (47%) the entire workforce overall.