Women make up only 4.3% of construction workers. The numbers have stayed flat for the last 20 years. Yet time and time again we have seen that women can do the job just as well as their male counterparts. So what’s the issue? Read this op-ed from IL AFL-CIO President Tim Drea and IUPAT Women’s Committee Chair/Painters District Council 30 organizing director Mandy Jo Ganieany to better understand why we are falling short of recruiting and retaining women for good, union construction jobs. Spoiler alert: the lack of universal parental leave and our country’s failing child care system are part of this puzzle.
IL AFL-CIO President Tim Drea partnered with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Women's CORE Committee Chair Mandy Jo Ganieany to identify solutions to recruit and retain more women in the build trades. Read the op-ed here: https://bit.ly/3AQ1oQT #1u
