Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

Making Gains
Young women in New York and several of the nation’s other largest cities who work full time have forged ahead of men in wages, according to an analysis of recent census data. The shift has occurred in New York since 2000 and even earlier in Los Angeles, Dallas and a few other cities. Economists consider it striking because the wage gap between men and women nationally has narrowed more slowly and has even widened in recent years among one part of that group: college-educated women in their 20s. The New York Times

A New Book’s Claim
The way some women act in the workplace is enough to make J. Andy Murphy want to cough up a hairball. Catty. Claws out. Manipulative. Backstabbing."Thank God cattiness is curable," says Murphy, author of "The Catty, Catty Ways of Women in the Workplace." Gannett News Service

Keep On Truckin’
For Carrie Walters and Linda Reynolds, becoming a truck driver was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. “Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to drive a truck," said Reynolds, 46, who has been a trucker for five years, as she and Walters, 32, show off "Betsy," the 18-wheeler they drive on long-haul routes for Con-Way Inc. Yahoo.com