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We’re in the home stretch! 29 days until our delegation to London! Tradeswomen from all over North America have been putting in work planning how and what they’re going to lead while we’re there. We can’t wait to connect with this amazing group of tradeswoman leaders and continue our work of elevating women in the trades.Our new #swag arrived! In addition to these awesome staff vests, we got some surprises for the delegates when they arrive in London!Our logistics team is heading home after a whirlwind trip to #london#tradeunionism will be central to our June delegation. Our 50 delegates are all #union #tradeswomen from across #northamericaToday we met with the talented folks at @manaloandwhite to look at plans for the new @eastendwomensmuseum Their goal is to build it using 100% womens labor. Thanks for the warm welcome and we can’t wait for your participation in the june delegation. 🔨🔩🪚UPDATE! Our logistics team landed in London this morning to meet with partners and prepare for our June delegation! Big things are in the works. 💪🛠
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Meet the London Staff!
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! We come from a variety of locations across North America and represent many trades. There are some seasoned tradeswomen among our founders as well as some recent apprenticeship graduates. However, we are all comitted to … Continue reading
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5 Weeks Until our London Delegation!
Exciting things have been happening behind the scenes at Tradeswomen Building Bridges this week! We recieved an order of TBB merch (to be debuted in London). Delegates are purchasing flights and housing. The details for our Best Practices Workshop are … Continue reading
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Tradeswomen Building Bridges is going to London!
TBB is sponsoring the first Delegation of Tradeswomen to London in June 2022. We are planning on up to 50 Delegates from across North America who will represent the diversity of women working in construction by racial and ethnic identity, … Continue reading
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Korean Tradeswomen organizing
Last year, Tradeswomen Building Bridges had an online exchange with representatives of the global labor federation, Building and Woodworkers International BWI). We had a presentation from Kim Kyungshin of the BWI-affiliate, the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions. Kim … Continue reading
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Tradeswomen Building Our Global Network: Join us on Nov. 21
“Women construction workers are symbolic of all of us who are brave, who work to survive, to challenge, to transform, to imagine a different world.” – Vivian Price On November 21, Tradeswomen Building Bridges will host an online zoom event … Continue reading
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Condolences to our sister, Radhika K Prakesh, Head Mason at the Archana Women’s Centre, on the sudden loss of her husband
By Susan Moir A dear friend of Tradeswomen Building Bridges, our sister Radhika of Kerala India, lost her husband Prakesh very suddenly to a heart attack on August 11. Radhika and Prakesh have two children. Their daughter, Nayana, is in … Continue reading
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On the passing of our sister, Jin Sook Lee
We only met her a handful of times, but she was the champion we had been seeking for years. We extend our deepest condolences to Jin Sook’s family and friends. In 1995, a group of tradeswomen from around the world … Continue reading
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BC Building Trades mag features Millwright Ant Yap and Electrician Katy Rhodes on their visit to Kerala
The spring 2020 issue of the British Columbia Building Trades Council member magazine, tradetalk, features two of the Canadian tradeswomen who participated in the 2019 Tradeswomen Building Bridges Delegation to Kerala India. In the article titled “A Bridge Not Too … Continue reading
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Register now for the Global Women in the Trades Conference, Madrid, June 2020
Join us for the first international gathering of tradeswomen from across the globe! The first international conference for women working in the construction trades, BWI’s Global Women in the Trades Conference, will be held in Madrid, Spain from June 9-12. … Continue reading
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A Researcher’s View: Life is Better in Kerala for India’s Women Construction Workers
The tradeswomen in India in November 2019 were joined for part of the training exchange by Chantal Krcmar, a University of Massachusetts Boston doctoral student who is doing research on women working in the construction industry in India. Here are … Continue reading
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