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Nitwits or 1963-ers? | On Equal Terms
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Susan Eisenberg art that opens conversation. On Equal Terms Touring Installation. The training will be good for those nitwits. I winced, but said nothing, then mulled over my silence and ‘nitwits’ for weeks. The speaker was describing the 2-hours of required harassment training for the electrical maintenance department at Massport, a quasi-public agency that oversees three airports (including Boston Logan), and the port. Those permanent, well-paid jobs everyone wants. January 21, 2014. January 22, 2014 a...
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Statistics –– collected and imagined | On Equal Terms
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Susan Eisenberg art that opens conversation. On Equal Terms Touring Installation. Statistics collected and imagined. April marks another anniversary of the 1978 federal regs that opened construction jobs to women. An Op Ed I wrote 2 years ago “Women in trades still waiting for fairness”. Has recirculated, and with that, questions about how we know the percentage of women in the trades. Luckily, the Department of Labor. Keeps count, and posts data on their Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mining) are on pg 7.
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Real Support Letters | Support Jenna Smith!
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Fight Gender Bias in the Construction Trades. A Summary of Jenna’s Experience. Pictures of Jenna Working. Over the past month, many folks have written letters expressing their support for Jenna Smith and the plight of tradeswomen in general. Below are a few of the many examples of effective letters that have been written. Letter to Oregon State Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian:. What about the idea that hazing and harassment have no place in apprenticeship training programs, period, not to mention harassm...
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Only Tell Positive Stories | On Equal Terms
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Susan Eisenberg art that opens conversation. On Equal Terms Touring Installation. Only Tell Positive Stories. Positive stories are great they convey a goal, inspire, give us something to cheer! 1 First, it’s just NOT TRUE. Not because the stories are false, but because so much is omitted. Like a heavily redacted document, it signals what people with power want known. And so, silences complaints and lowers credibility. Lack of interest in these occupations? March 31, 2014. April 3, 2014 at 7:36 pm. Is wha...
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Remembering Karen O’Donnell | On Equal Terms
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Susan Eisenberg art that opens conversation. On Equal Terms Touring Installation. Remembering Karen O’Donnell. She was a founding member of the Boston Tradeswomen’s Network and the Massachusetts Tradeswomen’s Association and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). Please feel welcome to add your remembrances and Comments. Carol Rosenblatt, Executive Director, CLUW:. She was a member of IBEW and served for many years as a delegate to CLUW’s National Execut...
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A Blue Light on Construction Sites??? | On Equal Terms
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Susan Eisenberg art that opens conversation. On Equal Terms Touring Installation. A Blue Light on Construction Sites? We rightly like to call apprenticeship the OTHER 4-Year Degree. And point out its advantages. But we can also use the lens of college to identify what falls short. Where are the women? Just ignore that nitwit,. Ignores the real damage of sexual assault on a person’s training, employment, and well-being. In an industry like construction, what does zero tolerance. December 10, 2014. You are...
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susaneisenberg | On Equal Terms
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Susan Eisenberg art that opens conversation. On Equal Terms Touring Installation. Remembering Kathy Mazza, Yamel Merino, and Moira Smith. Kathy Mazza, Port Authority Officer, NYC. Yamel Merino, Emergency Medical Technician, NYC. Moira Smith, Police Officer, NYC. September 11, 2016. Thank you, Amal, for snapping and sending this photo from NYC on December 22, 2015. Of course it could be Any City, USA. 2015 A full half-century after the Civil Rights Act made employment discrimination illegal…. 2015 There a...
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TOP of My Mind: Hostility Holds Up Women & Progress
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Hostility Holds Up Women and Progress. Master electrician, author of We’ll Call You If We Need You,. Talked Thursday about the hazards she and other women faced in the construction trades from men who wanted them off the job: explicit sexual graffiti, stolen tools, not being assigned to jobs, being thrown down staircases, shoved or even raped. Eisenberg was taken off a job for her own safety after she protested against a party that would bring a stripper to the site. Whether the form of corrosion hurts a...