Way to go Liz Skidmore!! We love hearing about more women in construction! Your hard work is clearly making an impact!! Thank you!!
"Nearly 40 years after President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order mandating women hold 6.9% of work hours on construction projects receiving federal funds, the number still hovers between 2% and 3% nationally. No state has come close to his aspirational rate until Massachusetts began to see a rise in women joining the industry in the last five years.
“Something is happening where, after decades of no progress, we’re beginning to see an increase in women in construction,” said Elizabeth Skidmore, business representative/organizer at the New England Regional Council of Carpenters and co-founder of the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues."
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"Nearly 40 years after President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order mandating women hold 6.9% of work hours on construction projects receiving federal funds, the number still hovers between 2% and 3% nationally. No state has come close to his aspirational rate until Massachusetts began to see a rise in women joining the industry in the last five years.
“Something is happening where, after decades of no progress, we’re beginning to see an increase in women in construction,” said Elizabeth Skidmore, business representative/organizer at the New England Regional Council of Carpenters and co-founder of the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues."
TO READ FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE
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