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Industry Surveys Highlight the State of Women in Construction

Construction Junkie

of the construction industry , that is still a full 1% higher than BLS data from 2019 , a promising trend that can only help continue to push the industry forward. Discrimination and Harassment The Levelset survey also highlighted discrimination against and harassment of women in the workplace due to their gender.

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More Women Are Leaving the Construction Industry With Reports of Sexism

Pro Builder

How workplace discrimination is turning away a major segment of trade employees. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and it's bad news for an industry badly in need of more workers: It needs an estimated 61,000 new hires a month over the next three years to meet housing demand.

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The Future of Social Justice in the Workplace

Stok

In 2019, the International Living Future Institute released JUST 2.0 —the 2: “Non-Discrimination” becomes “Inclusion” It’s no longer enough to just not discriminate against people of certain races, ethnicity, genders, or sexual orientations. That implies that discrimination is an acceptable norm.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Maggie Farrell, Diversity & HR Manager at S. M. Wilson & Co.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This initiative was launched in 2019 to “inspire the future of construction” by putting programs in place where we can involve students while we’re building for their district. We still see harassment and discrimination happening in overt ways and through micro-aggressions.

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