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majority [of the workers] are white
guys…a lot of times I’ve been on
the job, I’ve been the only black
guy on the job. So that makes you
nervous going into a situation like
that. But I just keep strong and I’m
here to work, learn and try not to
think about it,” he said.
Oregon is one of the only states
that utilize federal highway fund-
ing towards incorporating more
women and people of color into
highway construction trade jobs,
but it’s also evident more action is
needed to improve the job retention
rates.
A new effort to bring diversity
to construction work has been tak-
en by the nonproit support group
Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc., which
is working with BOLI and ODOT
on a program that aims to increase
the apprenticeship retention rates
of women and people of color in
highway construction.
“I am really excited about this
project, said Tiffany Thompson,
the advocacy program manager at
Oregon Tradeswomen. “ It has an
innovative approach that incor-
porates workers driving cultural
change in the industry while also
providing more education about
avenues for formal complaints.”
Thompson said the effort has the
potential to make signiicant shifts
in the way co-workers and manag-
ers treat each other.
“We are also doing evaluation
research throughout the project,
so we know if it actually effective.
I feel so grateful that BOLI and
ODOT are invested in this and that
our partners on the project are ded-
icated to inding a solution,” she
said.
The pilot program is part of a
two year contract for improving
workplace culture. Both workers
and supervisors will be trained in
having a higher cultural awareness
by recognizing abusive language
and behaviors.
Training will also be give on
how to handle bystander harass-
ment and other aspects of disre-
spect and discrimination on the
job.
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“What stands out most for me
is that women of color are only
completing their apprenticeship
programs at a rate of 19 percent.
This number should horrify us!
We are failing women of color that
enter the industry. These women
want these jobs,” said Thompson.
She lamented at how a hostile
worksite can be the turning point
among many factors that drive
women and minorities out of con-
struction.
“When they leave, they and their
families lose out on a career that
provides real, family wage jobs.
And, the industry loses out on ap-
prentices that they have invested a
lot of time and money in. They lose
out on strong, capable, intelligent
workers at a time when they are in
desperate need of new workers to
replace their retiring workforce,”
she said.
The irst test of the new pro-
gram will be made on the Dundee
Bypass, a trafic reduction and in-
frastructure enhancement project
along Highway 99W in Newberg
and Dundee.
hler later had Brown take over
Buel’s chair of the teaching and
ing ovation from everyone except learning committee. Prior to the
school board members Steve Buel changeover, she was the only
board member without a commit-
and Mike Rosen.
School Board Chair Tom Koe- tee chair.