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Who Gets Construction Jobs And Where? Employment Of African Americans, Hispanics And Total Minorities In The Construction Industry And Construction Trades In The Milwaukee Msa, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Who Gets Construction Jobs And Where? Employment Of African Americans, Hispanics And Total Minorities In The Construction Industry And Construction Trades In The Milwaukee Msa, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This report uses three decades of U.S. Census data to assess employment patterns by race/ethnicity in the construction sector and construction trades in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, and the four-county Milwaukee MSA. Historical participation of African Americans and Hispanics in construction occupations are tracked for 1980, 1990 and 2000, using Census Special Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation files. Worksite analysis and maps using Census 2000 place-of-work data only recently made available show where whites, African Americans, and Hispanic workers are employed. Worksite employment is analyzed using place-of-work special tables from the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP2000), released in …
Report Card On Minority And Female Participation In Construction Trade Apprentices In The Milwaukee Area: Who's In The Pipeline For Skilled Construction Trades, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky
Report Card On Minority And Female Participation In Construction Trade Apprentices In The Milwaukee Area: Who's In The Pipeline For Skilled Construction Trades, Lois M. Quinn, Ruth Zubrensky
ETI Publications
This report provides racial/ethnicity and gender data on apprentices in the construction trades in the Milwaukee metro area from 1999 to 2005. The data has been supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards (BAS). The report analyzes these records to drill down to the level of individual employers and joint apprenticeship committees, where decisions are made related to employment of apprentices. Report cards are provided for 475 Milwaukee area companies with construction trade apprentices, 14 Milwaukee and Waukesha area joint apprenticeship committees (JACs), one statewide committee, and one non-union program.