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Jobs for the girls
28th September 1979, Page 35
28th September 1979
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The road transport industry is no longer the sinecure of male chauvinists. Women have infiltrated it in greatly increasing numbers so that 139,000 of its 818,000 employees are now of the liberated gender.
Could their attraction for men be responsible for the reduced labour turnover in the past few years? According to the Road Transport Industry Training Board, this greater stability is 'estimated to be saving the in dustry £115,000,000 compared with labour costs 10 years ago. I must remember to tell my garage this next time I am presented with a bill for £42 for an oil change.
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