Congress has spent years addressing labor trafficking, worker exploitation, wage theft, unsafe transportation, cargo theft, and supply-chain vulnerabilities. What many policymakers have not recognized is that these issues increasingly intersect within one segment of the trucking industry: employer-controlled lease-purchase programs that classify economically dependent drivers as independent contractors.

The purpose for the guide is to welcome new women to the trucking industry and provide authentic information they should have during their CDL training and BEFORE they choose a starter carrier.

The Truck Driver Training Horror Story that launched the REAL Women in Trucking Organization

Lillie wanted to share her experiences with the researcher in order to help pave the way to make improvements for those who came after her.

We encourage you to distinguish between research on truck drivers from their authentic perspectives rather than research produced ...

It is critically important to understand the difference in trucking industry research and research on truck drivers, in order to produce sou