Washington, D.C. – February 2, 2023 – Today, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement:

“North America’s Building Trades Unions applaud the work and focus of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau to uplift tradeswomen, promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across all industries, and expand pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship education. We appreciate their commitment to ensuring that the unprecedented investments in our nation’s infrastructure will create middle-class, family-sustaining jobs with the best standards, wages and benefits for tradeswomen across the country. We also commend the Bureau’s recent appointment of Leah Rambo from SMART Local 28 as a deputy director on their executive team and look forward to continuing our close work with them on initiatives that boost secure construction career pathways to the middle class for women and advance equity and diversity for America’s construction workforce.”

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