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:: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 ::
Women building no gains in trades By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen/Times-Herald, Vallejo
Women are losing ground in the construction trades in California, a new study shows.
It seems much of the headway made toward creating equity between the sexes in the trades in the past couple of decades, has been eroded statewide since passage of a 1996 proposition, 209, which banned affirmative action in state contracts.
The findings were the result of a study on Prop. 209's impact on women, conducted by the Berkeley-based Impact Fund, Discrimination Research Center and the San Francisco-based Equal Rights Advocates.
At least one local trade union reports similar findings.
'I'd have to say I've noticed a drop in the number of women,' said Bruce Gourley, of Vallejo, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), local 180. 'I don't know that it's due to Prop. 209, but I believe
the number of female apprenticeship applications are less than they used to be.'
No one from the local plumbers or the carpenters unions was available for comment on Monday.------------------------------------------- posted 6:21 AM :: reference link ::
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