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Updating the Registered Apprenticeship EEO Regulations
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DATE POSTED: Jun 14, 2010
Updating Registered Apprenticeship EEO Regulations
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DATE POSTED: Jun 14, 2010
CWIT is submitting a Neighborhood Stabilization Program proposal
Chicago Women in Trades intends to apply for a 15 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Neighborhood Stabilization Program to fund the purchase of forclosed and/or abandoned properties and the development of 100 units of affordable housing in the Woodlawn community. For additional information or to comment on the plan, please visit our website www.chicagowomenintrades.org or contact Pamyla Berryhill at 773/376-1450 ext. 251 or pberryhill@cwit2.org. To view the complete proposal, click the link below.
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DATE POSTED: Jul 2, 2009
Response to Joe The Plumber
DATE POSTED: Oct 17, 2008
Workshop for Tradeswomen Opens
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DATE POSTED: Nov 12, 2007
CWIT in 10-28-07 Chicago Tribune
10-28-07 Chicago Tribune
WOMEN GAIN TOOLS FOR SUCCESS by Karoun Demirjian -- When the last of her four chiuldren graduated in June, Lenean Thomas decided it was time for a career change...
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DATE POSTED: Oct 28, 2007
Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act (WANTO) funding restored
Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act (WANTO). WANTO funding ($982,000) has been restored in the final 2006 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill.
DATE POSTED: Jan 20, 2006
Chicago Tribune
7/02/04 Chicago Tribune
Lack of College Shouldn’t Keep Women Down
Article discusses women and non-traditional work and highlights UIC professor, Sharon Mastracci’s book: “Breaking out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto: Policy Solutions for Non-College Women.”
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Tribune
9/25/02 Chicago Tribune
Apprentices' Wait is Usually Worthwhile
Article discusses the benefits of apprenticeship programs and earning while you learn. Carol Kleinman also talks to CWIT Board Member, Kina McAfee about apprenticeship opportunities.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Journal
8-26-04 Chicago Journal
Jill of all Trades: Chicago Women in Trades Prepares Workers for Lucrative Construction Jobs in Fields Traditionally Dominated by Men
Article highlights the following women: Renee Hill—apprentice electrician and CWIT Technical Opportunities Program Alumni, Sharon Mastracci—assistant professor of public administration at UIC, and Deanna Hodges—CWIT outreach coordinator, and Susan Donovan—CWIT public policy director as they relate to women in nontraditional fields.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
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10/13/04 holaHoy
Organización para el Empleo Recibe Donativo
Article reports the $2.1 million dollar U.S. Department of Labor granted to Chicago Women in Trades. Article is written in Spanish.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Plumbing and Mechanical
10/24/04 Plumbing and Mechanical
We Need More Female Plumbers
Article examines what attracts women into construction trades, what detracts them from the trades, and what employers can do to draw in more women into the trades.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Washington Post
4/20/03 Washington Post
Why Are All the Workmen...Men?
Article highlights the lack of women working in high-wage, high-skill careers and the need to create more pathways for women into these careers.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times
4/14/05 Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Would Give State Control of Union Apprentice Plans
Article discusses the proposal introduced by Senate President Emil Jones to place apprenticeship training programs placed under state control. CWIT Director of Public Policy, Susan Donovan included in article stating that state oversight is not the sole key to building diversity in the trades.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
New York Times
6/7/02 New York Times
Group Says Course Training Still Breaks Along Sex Lines
Article discusses gender segregation within vocational training programs where 96 percent of the students training for jobs in cosmetology are girls, while 94 percent of students in plumbing and electrical work are boys. Article also mentions Geri Harston, CWIT Board member and her experience of being steered away from her dreams of becoming an electrician.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Tribune
9/03/00 Chicago Tribune
Labor’s Front Lines as Unions Fight for New Members,
These Five are in the Trenches
Article discusses the union and labor movement in Chicago and the need to address and respond to and include minorities, immigrants, and women. The article presents CWIT Board Member Kina McAfee who is one of the few female carpenter instructors in Chicago, and out of 28 instructors in the carpenters training center in Elk Grove Village, she is one of two blacks.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
The Star
1/02/05 The Star
Women's Work: Pioneering Females are Making their Mark in the Trades
Article focuses on the personal experiences of Stephanie Dubose, discusses gender inequity in the workforce, the U.S. Department of Labor grant, and ways in which the Technical Opportunities Program and Chicago Women in Trades has worked to empower women to become self-sufficient.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Tribune
3/07/01 Chicago Tribune
Finding Sisterhood the Reasons have Changed, but Many are Joining Women-Only Organizations
Article provides a historical context of female-spaces and highlights CWIT’s services to support tradeswomen. Article also discusses the reasoning behind the existence of women-only organizations.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Federation News
Federation News
Chicago Women in Trades Receives $2.1 Million Grant
Article discusses the Women in the Skilled Trades (WIST) project and the U.S. Department of Labor $2.1 million granted to CWIT.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Tribune
10/05/04 Chicago Tribune
Grant Builds on Effort to get Women into Building Trades
Article announces the $2.1 million dollars granted to CWIT from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Daily Herald
10/05/04 Daily Herald
$2 Million Labor Grant Announced in Village
Article announces the $2.1 million dollars granted to CWIT from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Southwest News Herald
10/07/04 Southwest News Herald
More Outreach and Training Programs Ahead for Chicago Women in Trades
Article discusses CWIT’s three year plan and $2.1 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Tribune
7/23/03 Chicago Tribune
20s A Life of Your Own Series: Defining Moments: A Journey Throughout the Decades.
Article follows a number of women in their 20s, one of whom is Sarah Stigler, a CWIT Technical Opportunities Program alumnus. Stigler discusses her dreams of becoming a plumber and the process she went through applying and being accepted into Local Union 130.
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DATE POSTED: Sep 12, 2005
Chicago Women in Trades Receives Unprecedented Grant of $2.1 Millon.
Chicago Women in Trades Recognized for Pioneering and Ongoing Efforts to Increase Women’s Participation in Skilled Construction Trades
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DATE POSTED: Oct 7, 2004
Chicago Sun Times
10/05/04 Chicago Sun-Times
$2 Million Grant Beckons Women to Trades
Article announces the $2.1 million dollars granted to CWIT from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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DATE POSTED: Oct 5, 2004
Sheet Metal Workers Local 73
Sheet Metal Workers Local 73 JATC accept applications every Wednesday. Sheet Metal Workers install, repair and alter heating, air-conditioning and ventilation systems.
DATE POSTED: Mar 25, 2004
NBC's TODAY Show to feature Chicago success story
CWIT is excited to have our Tradeswomen of Tomorrow program and our work leading the national organization, Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow, featured on an upcoming segment of the TODAY show. It will air Thursday, February 19th between 8:30 - 9AM CST.
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DATE POSTED: Feb 18, 2004
Chicago Women in Trades provides comments on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is up for reauthorization in 2003. The Act is designed to increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants as well as increase their occupational skills. CWIT has submitted recommendations to the Department of Labor to facilitate women’s access to nontraditional careers. For a summary of these recommendations, please download the attached document.
DATE POSTED: Jul 11, 2002
