| inbluevt | Date: Sunday, 2013/05/05, 10:34 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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The world of work for women is changing. A popular new Barbie construction set -- yes, building pink mansions! -- may help girls expand their view of
what occupations are open to them, and that's welcome. But tradeswomen
are taking action today: President Obama will soon be hearing from women
electricians, plumbers, ironworkers, and carpenters about what it takes
to succeed in the world of skilled trades work.
In April over 650 tradeswomen gathered in Sacramento, California, for the “Annual Women Build California and the Nation Conference.” Iron
workers and plumbers met with carpenters, electricians, and laborers.
They cheered women leaders like Liz Shuler, Secretary Treasurer of the
AFL-CIO; the first woman and the youngest person ever elected to that
position. The women listened to Ed Hill, president of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who called for equal treatment on the
job site and in the union hall. Cement mason Alise Martiny, business
manager of the Greater Kansas City Building Trades Council, offered her
story of women’s leadership. These women are “leaning in" in ways
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg might not imagine. For one weekend
tradeswomen from all over the country shared their stories and learned
from each other. Most return to worksites where they are the only
woman. The isolation of their day-to-day work lives is in stark contrast
to the gathering.
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