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Covid-19 has caused us to shift our focus toward building #internationalsolidarity virtually. Over the past year, we have held many training exchanges with #tradeswomen organizations around the world.We are excited to announce that Tradeswomen Building Bridges will be partnering with the #tradeswomentaskforce and @cuny_slu for a #virtualevent on November 21st!The hardest worker on the job. 💪🐘Our 2019 delegation rocking their #buildtogether shirts from @tradieladiesofbc . The organization sponsored two of our #canadian delegates. Cofounder @prairie.fruit.bat is the chair of @build.together.sk . It is an amazing organization that supports tradeswomen across Canada and abroad!No matter what you do, do it with pride!Founders Monday! Kelly McClellen is a 24-year member of @operatingengineers Local 101 out of #kansascity
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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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“Travel Light. Live Light. Be the Light. Spread Light.”
Amanda Kay Johnson, 3rd Year Carpenter Apprentice, Local 157 Carpenters Union NYC It seemed that everywhere I went in India that the theme of light followed me around. (I later learned from my time here that light and the concept … Continue reading
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Meeting with the Construction Union Leadership of Kerala
DELEGATION LEADERS MEET INDIAN OFFICIALS After leaving Archana Women’s Centre, the Building Bridges Delegation returned to the city of Kochi (കേരളം) for two days of meetings with the leadership and members of the the Kerala Kettida Nirmana Thozhilali Congress (KKNTC). … Continue reading
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Goodbye to Archana Women’s Centre…for now
On Friday, November 8, the tradeswomen of North America and the women of Archana said goodbye after a week of discussions, site visits, media events, meetings with government and academic dignitaries and getting to know each other. More on the … Continue reading
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