Category: People

Schneider named a Best Employer for Women in 2022

Schneider named a Best Employer for Women in 2022

| September 14, 2022

Transportation leader recognized by Forbes Schneider multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, has been recognized as a Best Employer for Women in 2022 by Forbes. Forbes identified the Best Employers for Women by conducting an independent survey from a sample of 50,000 U.S. employees – 30,000 of whom are women – working for […]

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Percentage of Female Technicians in Transportation Remains Low

Percentage of Female Technicians in Transportation Remains Low

| September 13, 2022

The 2022 WIT Index shows that only 3.7 percent of technicians in transportation companies are women The percentage of female equipment technicians and mechanics in corporations with for-hire or private fleets in the commercial freight transportation industry remains low, according to new data highlighted in the WIT Index, which was just released by the Women […]

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Navistar Launches Technician Apprenticeship Program, Donates Equipment through TECH EmPOWERment Initiative

Navistar Launches Technician Apprenticeship Program, Donates Equipment through TECH EmPOWERment Initiative

| September 13, 2022

Students will work with multiple vehicle types, including electric and fuel cell technologies Navistar implemented its International® Truck and IC Bus® Uptime Academy, a 12-month technician apprenticeship program that offers paid, hands-on training in a real-world setting. The new program presents a unique approach to technician training from a 90-day dealership rotation to on-the-job class […]

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TMAF’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Campaign Calls on Public to #ThankATrucker, Heroes of the Road

TMAF’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Campaign Calls on Public to #ThankATrucker, Heroes of the Road

| September 12, 2022

Advertising and Digital Campaign Educates the Public on the Essential Role of Truck Drivers as Highway Heroes; Promotes Recruitment Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF), the industry-wide education and image movement, is thanking America’s professional truck drivers during their annual #ThankATrucker campaign during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 11-17, 2022. The campaign, which encompasses outdoor, broadcast […]

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New industry survey reveals U.S. truckers do not feel appreciated by the general public ahead of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

New industry survey reveals U.S. truckers do not feel appreciated by the general public ahead of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

| September 11, 2022

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is Sept. 11-17, 2022 A new study by DAT Freight & Analytics, North America’s largest truckload freight marketplace, shows that truckers overwhelmingly feel that current public sentiment towards them is negative ahead of the nationwide initiative National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. The role that trucking and the nation’s 3.6 million professional truck drivers […]

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Transfix Announces Winner of Second-Annual “TransFIX My Rig” Makeover

Transfix Announces Winner of Second-Annual “TransFIX My Rig” Makeover

| September 9, 2022

Television Host Jason Cameron will renovate Jess Graham’s rig and host a virtual reveal during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2022   Transfix, Inc. (“Transfix”), the Intelligent Freight Platform™, announced Jess Graham– a Snellville, Georgia-based truck driver and community advocate– as the winner of the second-annual “TransFIX My Rig” makeover contest. Graham will receive a custom truck renovation by Jason Cameron, […]

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