For her sophomore feature, Anders wrote and directed this charmingly well-observed $1.3 million family drama based on Richard Peck’s young adult novel “Don’t Look and It Won’t Hurt” about Nora, a truck stop waitress (Brooke Adams) raising two teenage daughters, Trudi (Ione Skye) and...
Just as all truck drivers and construction workers are no longer necessarily men, all secretaries and receptionists are no longer automatically women. The number of men in women-dominated fields is still small and they haven’t attracted the attention that has often followed women advancing into ...
One drives a large truck and puts tires on rims. Another organizes an army of gasoline technicians who develop fuel. One heads a department of aerodynamics designers, while another is in charge of the 240 employees of the racing team and takes part in the meetings of an otherwise all-male ...
2. They’re always on the lookout for talent.“Wherever they’re going, they got their opportunity antenna up.” Finkelstein said. Which also means they create jobs for people they like, even if they aren’t looking to fill a specific spot. And they’re not afraid to hire people who ...
release, she wandered for years, until 1986, when, in a lesbian bar in Daytona Beach, Wuornos met Tyria Moore, 28, the woman she has described as “the love of my life.” The couple lived in rooms and motels, Wuornos taking care of Moore by working part-time jobs or by turning ...
Lucy Mecca, Vaccine Quality and Supply manager at the National Vaccines Immunization Program, said the two-month inoculation exercise at the border points aims to mitigate COVID-19 infections among female entrepreneurs and truck drivers. "We are cognizant of the exposure that traders and truck drive...
Their jobs require them to be in close proximity with their intimate partners 24-hours a day for days to weeks at a time increasing the potential for intimate partner violence. Little has been published in the nursing literature about intimate partner violence in female long-haul truck drivers,...
Sharma says the male drivers give her a hard time.“As soon as they see a woman at the wheel they start honking(按喇叭) for no reason. They’ll try to overtake you. I’m always worrying about how to avoid getting hit by someone.” The company behind Cabs for Women by Women, Sakha...
You might not hear much about female truck drivers, but at Swift, we're more than 1,300 strong, not including the 1,300-plus women on our driver support staff (and our numbers are growing all the time). And with special programs, great benefits, and plenty of time at home, it's ...
Long haul truck drivers are twice as likely to smoke or be obese compared to other US workers,according to research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. They report more instances of potentially life-shortening conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, and are at...