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Springfield Schools Career Fair 2025
News video Coverage available here.
We were excited to be featured by 22 news about our work recruiting and organizing Tradeswomen in Western Massachusetts. Our career fair setup has come a long way!
Massachusetts Girls in Trades Conference 2024
News video Coverage available both here and here.
Article in MassLive available here
This annual event provides an opportunity to the Massachusetts Building Trade Unions, Contractors, Developers, Government, and Community Organizations to network with high school women enrolled in Career and Technical Education programs who are interested in careers in the construction industry. For more information visit the MAGIT Website.
Tradeswomen of Tomorrow 2024
Article from the Greenfield Recorder available here.
Western Mass Tradeswomen were proud to participate in the annual event put on by Franklin County Technical School (FCTS) to introduce first year female students to women in the construction and manufacturing fields. The event is organized to offer exposure to career opportunities as a tradeswoman as the girls are making their decision in selecting a shop to study in High School. 336 Carpenter and FCTS graduate Lily Thompson was quoted in the article: “It’s just one of those fantastic things to give the ninth graders exposure to all the possibilities of what’s out there, within the trades,” Thompson said. “The money’s fantastic, the mentality of being in trades has changed … We’re much more inclusive, and in western Mass. we have a thriving network of ladies all in the trades, out there to help each other.”
WMTW in the Springfield Republican!
Link to MassLive article here
Western Mass Tradeswomen in the news! Thanks to our partners at Northeast Center for Tradeswomen Equity (NCTE) the Springfield Republican published an article for Mothers Day highlighting careers in the union building trades for women and our monthly recruitment events, Tradeswomen Wednesdays. Check out the great photo of SMART 63 Sheet Metal Worker Sher Geisler! And fantastic quotes from LiUNA 596 member Chelsea Fenton.
Tradeswomen Building Wind Farms!
Western Mass Tradeswoman and Union Piledriver with Carpenters Local 336 is featured for earth day by the Massachusetts Department of Labor for her groundbreaking work building an offshore wind farm
Instagram story here
Operating Engineer Amy Calandrella on the New England Public Radio the Fabulous 413
Amy Calandrella speaks on a local news radio show about her path joining the trades and the work of Western Mass Tradeswomen and our allies to promote union buildng trades careers to women in Western Mass.
Interview at 36:30 here
Girls in Trades 2023
22 News offering great coverage of the annual Massachusetts Girls in Trades event where we join our unions, contractors, trade schools, and allied organizations in connecting with female trade school students about careers in union building trades. Western Mass Tradeswomen Sam Brown and Brandie Benoit are interviewed, and many of us are featured!
Link to article here
More information about Mass Girls in Trades here
Tradeswomen of Tomorrow 2023
The Greenfield Recorder features Western Mass Tradeswomen involved in the annual event to connect female Franklin County Tech students with tradeswomen in the field. “By hearing what these women speak about, it opens up what is available to the students,” said Franklin Tech Vocational Director Administrative Assistant Diana Wheeler.
Article from the Greenfield Recorder available here
Habitat for Humanity Women Build Week 2021
Western Mass Tradeswomen partnered with Habitat for Humanity Springfield/Holyoke for Women Build Week in March of 2021.
News article here
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