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WORKSITE 2000 - FEMALE HIRING AND RETENTION INITIATIVE
WORKSITE 2000 is a successful model which has increased the numbers of women workers on construction sites and ensuring their equitable treatment on the job and during the job. Worksite 2000's vision is the construction site of the future, where tradeswomen work as equals to men, as Rosie the Riveter did during World War II. The Worksite 2000 model is designed to identify ways in which unions, project owners, contractors, training programs, women organizations and government agencies can work together to ensure female hiring and retention.
Snapshot of a Worksite 2000 Site
The project:
- Sets high goals for women workers
- Creates a team responsible for designing and implementing of WS2000 goals and activities
- Integrates WORKSITE 2000 policies into contractor's bids
- Provides training for supervisors and workers in creating equitable workplaces
- Promotes women friendly worksites
- Establishes women committees
- Offers separate and clean toilets and changing areas
- Develops workforce projections for coming months
What CWIT Offers
- Coordination with the oversight team
- Development of a Female Hiring Initiative
- Recruit and screen women candidates to fill job openings, maintain database of applicants and experienced tradeswomen
- Pre-Apprenticeship Training to women
- Recruitment of community organizations to participate
- Monitoring of the site
- Development of EEO/AA policies
- Training of employer and workers on the prevention of sexual harassment and discrimination
- Provision of support activities and coaching for women workers on-site
Past and Current WORKSITE 2000 Projects
- Cook County Jail
- United States Post Office
- McCormick Place
- Cook County Juvenile Detention Center
- UIC South Campus Expansion
- Midway Airport
- Chicago Public Schools
- Gateway Stadium and Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
- Maine Bridge Project
- Federal Courthouse, Minneapolis/St. Paul
