“We knew we were hiring a great operator.” “That’s unusual for our industry,” Andrich says. They praised her work ethic and said, “We will miss her.” Kristin Durh was featured on the cover of Overdrive’s August issue. But in Durh’s case, comments from her previous employer were icing on the cake. Julie Andrich, president for Woodbury, Minnesota-based Autumn Transport, says the decision to lease Durh and her 2015 Freightliner Coronado was based purely on Autumn’s standard criteria: driving record, pre-employment screening program, work history and safety record. To her amazement, the recruiter replied, “Oh, OK. That’s why, when she was finalizing details for orientation at Autumn Transport, she decided to inform her recruiter. ![]() ![]() She had to take a deep breath before telling him what she was pretty sure he already had figured out.Īs a transgender woman, she was used to the ways companies filtered out her application once they spoke to her. “I’m trans,” said Kristin Durh to the recruiter lining up her orientation schedule. Shelle Lichti (top right), founder of a support group for LGBTQ truckers, is known for her rainbow-themed company truck, dubbed Rainbow Rider.
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