Construction Employers Association, National Association of Women in Construction and Cleveland YWCA recognize women in construction during Women’s History Month

A series of activities and events schedule throughout March

CLEVELAND - March is National Women's History Month and March 3 - 8 is Women in Construction Week. With that, throughout March 2020, Construction Employers Association (CEA) in conjunction with National Association of Women in Construction (NAWC) and YWCA Greater Cleveland will host a series of Women in Construction programs.

The Ironworker

A record-breaking 2,773 tradeswomen convened in Minneapolis for the Tradeswomen Build Nations (TWBN) Conference, the largest of its kind in the world, becoming the number one retention tool for women in the trades and one that General President Eric Dean has wholeheartedly supported. 

By Greg Aragon and Aileen Cho, ENR

Tom Sorley has come a long way since college, when he led the University of Nebraska to the Orange Bowl as starting quarterback. Since then, he rose to chairman/CEO of Rosendin, one of the country’s largest electrical contractors, and was selected the 2019 president of the National Academy of Construction.

By Carrie Kerpen, Forbes

By Katherine Gustafson, Quickbooks

In December 2018, some unusual signs started popping up at certain construction sites around New York. The signs had the familiar orange diamond shape, but the words were slightly altered: “Men and Women at Work.”

Those eight additional letters communicate volumes.

Story by Maile Pingel, Washington Post

How women in construction are responding to sexism and isolation by creating a community — and a future — for themselves.

This article is by Joel Garfinkle, Smart Brief

If you’ve been reading about corporate performance indexes and the factors that have true impact on an organization’s bottom line, you’re no doubt aware of the studies that definitively make the case for including women at the decision-making levels in any organization.

By Lorien Barlow, director-producer of Hard Hatted Woman

Inside filmmaker & tradeswoman advocate Lorien Barlow's Q&A with the company's president & CEO