Equality Works: 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

Letter to Congress: Support Education and Training Opportunities to Help America Get Back to Work - A letter from Legal Momentum and a coalition of like-minded organizations urging Congress to support education and training opportunities for America's workforce. January 2011

Importance of Regulations and Enforcement for Women in Non-Traditional Jobs - In October 2010, Legal Momentum hosted a roundtable discussion of tradeswomen, policy experts, and researchers to discuss the revision of federal construction regulations and strategies to increase the number and retention of women on federally-funded construction sites. This includes testimony from women in and affiliated with the trades. October 2010

Updating the Registered Apprenticeship Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations - Legal Momentum urges the Office of Apprenticeship to update and modernize their equal employment opportunity regulations to ensure that women and minorities have equal access and opportunities within registered apprenticeship programs. August 2010

Small Business Association's Progress in Implementing the Women’s Procurement Program - Legal Momentum testifies before Congress on the Small Business Association's progress in implementing the women’s procurement program. January 2008

Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Women's Issues: Non-Traditional Employment Opportunities for Women - Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Women's Issues on Non-Traditional Employment Opportunities for Women September 2007

How you can impact Apprenticeship Laws - Learn how you can impact registered Apprenticeship Program Laws. (PDF) January 2012

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

Know Your Rights: A Tradeswoman’s Guide to Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment - A guide for tradeswoman on dealing with employment discrimination and sexual harassment. March 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

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

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

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