Although the building trades are a traditionally male-dominated field of work, women are breaking barriers and finding success and equality in the industry, including within the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers.
Heat and Frost Insulators News and Events
Women have upward mobility in the Insulators Union and building trades
Topics: Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, Insulators Union, Women in the Industry
LMCT Deputy Director on AWF Union Podcast ahead of NABTU TWBN
Mechanical Insulators Labor Management and Cooperative Trust Deputy Director Gina Walsh appeared on the Oct. 12 episode of America’s Work Force Union podcast to give a preview of the North America’s Building Trades Unions’ Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference.
Topics: North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), Labor Management Cooperative Trust, Local 1, St. Louis, MO, Women in the Industry, Mechanical Insulators LMCT, Trades Women Build Nations Conference
Missouri State Sen. Gina Walsh, a member of the Insulators Union, was honored by her fellow state senators in mid-September.
Topics: Government Affairs, Local 1, St. Louis, MO, Women in the Industry, Mechanical Insulators LMCT

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