When it comes to closing the gender gap among top leadership posts in corporate America, women made no significant gains in 2011, according to Catalyst Inc., a nonprofit organization that researches workplace trends and women in business. In fact, women are no higher up the corporate ladder than they were six years ago, according to Catalyst's report, "2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors, Executive Officers and Top Earners," which was issued in December. In the transportation industry, women remain under-represented at all levels of the workforce, Catalyst's research shows. At U.S. transportation and warehousing companies, women make up 23.1 percent of the industry's labor force, 12.9 percent of executive officers, 13 percent of board directors and 0 percent of chief executive officers, according to Catalyst. In Canada, the numbers are about the same: women represent 23.6 percent of the labor force, 16.2 percent of senior officers, 14.4 percent of board directors and 0 percent of CEOs.
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