Date/Time
Date - 10/25/2017
9:00 am - 10:30 am
The Women’s Bureau invites you to a webinar co-hosted by the West Region Transportation Workforce Center at Montana State University, and the National Network for the Transportation Workforce:
“Respectful Workplaces and Health & Safety Empowerment for Women in Highway Construction Jobs”
For registration assistance, please contact Hari Chon at chon.hari@dol.gov
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Transportation organizations and private contractors alike face significant difficulty in recruiting and retaining personnel in highway construction and other infrastructure projects. Lack of diversity within the trades has exacerbated labor shortages.
This webinar explores research conducted on the experience of women and minorities in the highway construction and trades. The research pinpoints issues that specifically affect women on the job site.
Webinar speakers will present research results and describe how that research served to inform the pilot programs in both Oregon and Washington to foster respectful workplaces, and to improve health and safety for women in the trades.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Maura Kelly
Associate Professor of Sociology, Portland State University
Lea Hegge
Vice President of Programs, Alteristic
Hannah Curtis
Research Coordinator, University of Washington, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Jo Scherer
Co-Chair of Washington Women in Trades
Betty Lock
Regional Administrator, Women’s Bureau Seattle Office
Susan Gallagher
Education & Workforce Program Manager, Western Transportation Institute
