Knocking Down Walls: Discrimination and Harassment in Construction

EEOC Hearing held May 17, 2022.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will examine discrimination based on race, national origin, and sex in construction and consider potential solutions to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the sector.
The hearing, “Knocking Down Walls: Discrimination and Harassment in Construction,” will provide historical, statistical and experiential evidence of race- and sex-based harassment and discrimin­ation that has limited opportunities for Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American and female workers in construction. The hearing will also explore promising practices to prevent and address systemic discrim­ination so that historically marginalized workers can contribute to the $1.2 trillion federal effort to improve America’s infrastructure.
WHO:
Japlan “Jazz” Allen, Treasurer & Iron Worker, Chicago Women in Trades
Janel Bailey, Co-Executive Director of Organizing & Programs, Los Angeles Black Workers Center
James Bobseine, Trial Attorney, EEOC Buffalo Local Office
David Chincanchan, Policy Director, Workers Defense Project
Trevor Griffey, Lecturer of U.S. History, UC Irvine
Nicole Mason, President & CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America
Melissa Wells, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity and Inclusion, North America’s Building Trades Union
Chris Winters, Military & Tribal Liaison, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council # 5
Gary, Iron Worker