Advancing Workforce Equity in Energy and Infrastructure Jobs
Advancing Workforce Equity in Energy and Infrastructure Jobs
Support community colleges and industry leaders to adopt practices within educational and training systems that ensure all students have access to the right information, supports, training, and connections that result in good jobs.
The Challenge
Jobs in construction, manufacturing, and skilled trades have long offered paths to family-sustaining careers.
However, women and people of color have faced steep barriers to entry into these fields – from inflexible childcare hours and unreliable transportation to deep-rooted employment practices that rely on personal networks, and biased training and hiring practices.
As the workforce ages and industries face labor shortages, expanding the talent pipeline is crucial not only for workers, but also for businesses to remain vibrant.
What We’re Doing
This initiative aims to build equitable pathways into these high-demand sectors. By partnering with employers, unions, training providers, and community leaders, Shift Work Forward and our Network Partners are working to expand access to pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, remove structural barriers, and reform exclusionary systems that limit opportunity.
The goal is a more inclusive energy and infrastructure workforce — one that reflects the communities it serves and ensures that high-demand careers are truly accessible to all.
Network Partners
Meet the local partners committed to this initiative
Indianapolis, INGreensboro, NCSponsors
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