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Roadbuilding
Tribal members find construction work through ADOT training
The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Construction Academy has trained 27 members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to work on road construction projects. The academy graduates will work as flaggers and as general laborers on tribal construction projects. The academy receives federal funding and is designed to help women and minorities enter construction careers. The academy […]
September 18, 2017
Roadbuilding
Idaho Transportation Dept. grant provides free equipment training to vets, women, minorities
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is one of only eight states out of 40 applicants to receive a $198,000 Ladders of Opportunity grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. With the grant, ITD chose 19 people from close to 700 applicants for a free three-week hands-on heavy equipment operator training course aimed at helping veterans, […]
July 19, 2017
Roadbuilding
Illinois DOT chief meets with group to discuss lack of minority contractors hired
An Illinois group recently met with Illinois Transportation Secretary Randall Blankenhorn to discuss the lack of minorities hired for construction contracts. KWQC reported that the group, led by the Rev. Dwight Ford of Grace City Church in Moline, is tied to a monthly meeting called “Critical Mass” where community members discus challenges and specifically the few […]
June 30, 2015
Recruiting & retention
Diversity program nets 1,400 new construction workers
A two-year program aimed at recruiting and training minorities for construction jobs in Los Angeles has resulted in the placement of some 1,400 workers. The program used the city’s construction unions and a book camp style training program to fill apprentice slots in the construction industry.
January 6, 2010
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