IBEW Local 48 (Portland OR) Collaborates to Attract Women and Minorities to the Trade

From the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners' "UBC Yes" Electronic Newsletter
(URL: http://www.ubcyes.com/gang-box.htm )
Posted by BBaker

OREGON --
In an effort to recruit more women and minorities into Union construction
apprenticeship programs, the Portland Development Commission, in collaboration
with Oregon Health & Science University and investors in the North Macadam
waterfront projects,  has helped devise "measurable standards for minority
participation in significant public/private development projects."

On a project by project basis, for all construction work over $100,000 in
the South Waterfront project, the agreement calls for participants to:
· adopt a phased work force diversity goal of 35 percent
· increase the diverse work force participation and
· adopt implementation targets

Participants in the agreement include River Campus Investors, North Macadam
Inc., the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701,  Electricians
Local 48, Plumbers &Steamfitters Local 290 and the Pacific Northwest
Regional Council of Carpenters.