Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
9-12-2018
Abstract
This manual is a work in progress. It is produced by the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues (PGTI), a regional collaboration of researchers, government agencies, unions, community-based organizations, developers and contractors committed to increasing access for women and people of color to good paying careers in the construction trades. Our goal is to make our shared efforts and experiences helpful to industry leaders who share our commitment. It is based on best practices developed on major projects that came close, met, or exceeded workforce hiring goals. This manual and additional resources are available online at on the PGTI website at www.policygroupontradeswomen.org . There is also a comment section. We look forward to receiving feedback from users that will help us improve the tools contained here. The Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues (PGTI) is a regional collaboration of stakeholders working together since 2008 to crush the barriers to women’s access to good paying careers in the construction trades. Participants include tradeswomen, regional and local political leaders, representatives from state and federal government agencies, union and contractor representatives, staff from pre-apprentice programs, community-based organizations (CBOs) and other interested parties. Participants meet every other month to build relationships and share information across silos of expertise, to identify points of intervention that will get women into training and jobs and support high retention rates for women in the trades. Our focus on women explicitly supports efforts to increase all forms of diversity in the construction industry. In urban areas, as many as half of the women entering the trades are women of color. This demographic fact means that bringing more women into the trades addresses economic inequalities of both gender and race. As the industry opens up to women and people of color, the culture of workplaces is improving for all.
Community Engaged/Serving
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Recommended Citation
Moir, Susan, PGTI: The Policy Group in Tradeswomen's Issues; Finishing the Job: Best Practices for a Diverse Workforce in the Construction Industry, v.8. July 2018
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