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Truckload Carriers Association Releases Updated Logo

New design modernizes the previous logo, which dates back to the 1980s

The Board of Directors of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has adopted a revised logo to represent the organization. The new design is the result of a two-month effort by TCA’s Communications & Image Policy Committee, led by co-chairs Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Garner Transportation Group of Findlay, Ohio, and Wendy Hamilton, senior manager of sales marketing and training for Pilot Flying J of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Although the logo maintains the same general shield design and colors as before, the new look is more modern, print-friendly, and easier to read, especially when reduced to small sizes. The outline of the United States — which had carried over from previous logos used in the 1980s — has been eliminated to better reflect TCA’s mix of both U.S. and Canadian members. A road now circles around the logo, moving in an upward direction, which represents new horizons, higher education, and more efficient ways of doing things. It also points the way to new members, new relationships and networking opportunities between those members, and more prosperity for those members who take advantage of all the resources that TCA provides to them.
The logo update is the first major change since TCA’s new president, Brad Bentley, began leading the organization about a month ago.
“Our new leader is a direct reflection of where we're going in the future and the connections we are forging with both our current and potential members. Our hope is that our new logo reflects that,” said Shepard Dunn, president and CEO of Bestway Express, Inc., of Vincennes, Indiana, and the chairman of TCA. “The logo is fresh, it's new, it connects with a new generation, and it captures who we are.”
For further information on TCA and its activities, please visit www.truckload.org and follow the organization on Facebook—www.truckload.org/Facebook—and Twitter—www.truckload.org/Twitter.

From the old mailbag:

From: MT
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 2:06 PM
To: jobs@truckdriver.com
Subject: Industry thanks veterans..,
I disagree. This veteran and holder of a CDL Class A has found in if you do not have years of driving experience you are not getting hired by trucking companies. They care less if you are a Veteran or not. Schneider and the other supposed veteran heavy companies told this veteran of 20 years service, No experience; no job. 
MT, USA retired.

Editor: Thanks for writing MT. Seems like one of the carriers with a training program would be able to put you to work. Can anyone steer MT in the right direction?

Women in Trucking Association Names Heather Jones as November Member of the Month

Women in Trucking (WIT) Association has named Heather Jones as November 2014 Member of the Month. Jones is an owner/operator, business woman, advocate, mentor and trainer in Western Australia.

Jones has been in the trucking industry for the past 25 years and clearly has a passion for it. Last year she started the Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls, which is a group that encourages and supports female drivers.

Many women (and men) have Jones to thank for their careers in the industry. She single-handedly trained many of them giving them the experience they needed to obtain well-paid jobs.

Jones regularly attends high schools with her big rig to educate girls about truck driving. She leaves them with an interest about careers in the trucking industry. It is also a great opportunity to teach them about safety and sharing the road with truck drivers.

Teaching girls about trucks and the industry is very important to Jones. In fact, she brought her own daughters on the road with her at the young ages of three and four. This experience eventually led one of them to driving a truck as an adult. Both of her daughters help run her company, Success Transport. Jones also recruited her mother, making truck driving very much a family affair.

You may wonder what it is like to drive a truck in Western Australia. “It is still like the Wild West where we are,” says Jones. “We have to load our own trailers, change our own tires and we are all solo truck drivers.”
Jones has gained national attention in Australia for the work she is doing in the trucking industry. She appears regularly on news stations across the country.

Jones is a Women In Trucking Association member that truly carries out its mission:  to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles faced by women working in the trucking industry.