Workforce Development: Reports and Resources

Letter to Congress: Oppose H.R. 1 Cuts to Employment and Training Programs - A letter from Legal Momentum and like-minded allies asking Congress not to cut employment and training programs in H.R. 1, the House-passed FY 2011 Continuing Resolution. March 2011

Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act - Legal Momentum urges Congress to improve and reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). WIA offers an opportunity to ensure that federal job training policy actively contributes to providing women and their families with a route to economic self-sufficiency during the current recession and beyond. March 2010

Federal Policies Have Failed to Reduce Significantly Women’s Exclusion From the Construction Trades - Over 30 years ago, the U.S. Department of Labor revised its regulations to establish specific affirmative standards for women in federal or federally assisted construction. Despite these revisions, women continue to be almost totally excluded from construction employment and construction apprenticeship.nd construction apprenticeship. August 2009

Testimony to the New York State Assembly on the TANF-Funded Welfare to Work Program - Testimony to the New York State Assembly on the TANF-Funded Welfare to Work Program and Career and Technical Education. November 2008

From the Ground Up: Building Opportunities for Women in Construction - This report stemmed from Legal Momentum's ground-breaking conference, Women re:BUILD NY, which brought leaders from all segments of the construction industry together with tradeswomen to focus on making equal opportunity a reality for women in the construction trades. January 2008

Assuring Equal Opportunity for Women in Construction: Checklist for Developers - Promoting equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) on construction sites begins with developers conveying their EEO commitment from the very first bid solicitations. This checklist provides developers with an easy-to-use guide to EEO obligations and monitoring. January 2007

Assuring Equal Opportunity for Women in Construction: Checklist for Construction Workforce Monitors - The success of workforce participation goals for women depends on a concentrated effort by all parties in a systematic approach that translates the workforce goals into on the ground worksite action. This checklist provides the construction workforce monitor with an easy-to-use guide to monitoring workforce participation goals. January 2007

Assuring Equal Opportunity for Women in Construction: Model Collective Bargaining Agreement Language and Model Equal Employment Opportunity Policy - This fact sheet details the key provisions that should be included in any union collective bargaining agreement or equal employment opportunity policy to ensure that employers meet equal employment opportunity standards for women and that work environments are free of harassment and other discrimination. January 2007

Assuring Equal Opportunity for Women in Construction: Checklist for Communities - Construction work, especially union work, has long been a pathway to economic self-sufficiency. All community members deserve to be a part of construction projects in their community. This checklist details explicit goals, actions, reporting and accountability measures that must be part of the construction contract and training negotiations. January 2007

Equal Opportunity Monitors: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Successful Programs - This fact sheet explains how the use of equal opportunity monitors on large-scale, publicly-funded construction sites around the country helped assure relatively high numbers of women workers on those sites. January 2005

Model Construction Contract Provisions Concerning Equal Employment Opportunity for Women - This fact sheet details the key provisions that should be included in any contract or subcontract to assure that women are recruited aggressively and that their work environments are free of harassment and other discrimination. January 2005

Manual for Survival for Women in Nontraditional Employment - This is a "how to" guide on applying for an apprenticeship, searching for work, becoming active in a union, and challenging discrimination and harassment on the job. December 1993