If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn in this industry, you’ve seen it: glossy corporate posts about “supporting women in trucking,” event recaps showing off all-female panels, and photo ops with hashtags about inclusion. And don’t get me wrong, it looks good. It makes us feel like progress is happening. But let’s be real: polished posts and performative panels don’t protect women from harassment, help close pay gaps, or create safer, fairer work environments for women in trucking and logistics.

Because when the spotlight shifts, the cracks show. We saw it in the way the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) handled harassment at their own event. We saw it when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) quietly shut down its Sexual Harassment & Assault Study, the one initiative that could’ve given us actual data to build solutions with. Both are painful yet unsurpprising reminders that while the industry loves to say it supports women, actions often tell a different story.