Women workers have provided compelling, personal testimony about paid family leave and its potential to improve working families’ lives.
‘Sky’s the limit’ as women workers revive Minnesota’s CLUW chapter
August 25, 2022 by
A first meeting earlier this summer drew 44 activists, who got to work drafting bylaws and applying for recognition of the re-emergent Coalition of Labor Union Women chapter.
Home care workers, clients push Congress to act on ‘jobs, care, justice’
July 13, 2021 by
Investing in the care economy is also a matter of racial and economic justice, advocates said.
Trades celebrate Women Build Success awards
February 27, 2020 by
Local tradeswomen honored the most badass among them.
To open more eyes to apprenticeship, Carpenters open training center doors
November 15, 2019 by
Latesha Hayes’ career path came full circle this morning. A fourth-year apprentice with the Carpenters union, Hayes was one of six tradeswomen who led 33 eighth-grade girls from Roseville on a tour of the union’s St. Paul training center. The students put on hard hats and safety glasses, worked with tools of the trade and […]
In some local unions, #MeToo has galvanized members
December 14, 2018 by
Workplace cultures don’t change on their own.
Women in Construction plan two events this month
October 9, 2018 by
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Trades-backed alliance ramps up recruitment as MN’s construction industry booms
May 16, 2018 by
Minnesota’s Building Trades unions are behind an effort to restock the pipeline of workers entering the industry with with women, veterans and people of color.
Area Building Trades councils honored for community outreach
April 20, 2018 by
The national award recognizes Minnesota unions’ efforts to recruit and prepare women, people of color and veterans for construction apprenticeships.
Why aren’t more women entering the construction trades?
March 8, 2018 by
On International Women’s Day, it’s worth noting one area of the U.S. economy where the wage gap is uniquely narrow: construction.
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