'Chicago women in trades are training women for these jobs and women of color black women for these jobs. That's the model for how we build an economy in which no one's left out.'
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey digs into why a lack of female construction and trade workers means women are missing out on the economic benefits.As drivers know, the 7.5-mile stretch of the Kennedy is getting a $150 million makeover, and Acting Secretary Julie Su said we will see more female workers on this project thanks to a $1.35 million grant.
"It tells us that women want to work. It tells us that when we create opportunities for women, they will step into them and be amazing in them," Su said. "I think many young women and others, they just don't know that this opportunity exists. That they can get trained, the kind of earnings they can bring in to raise their family," said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
The Kennedy construction zone was a ghost town Wednesday afternoon, likely due to the extreme heat. Still, Acting Secretary Su said building pathways to a construction"sisterhood" on sites like this will help the economy overall.
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