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      <p align=center><font color="#003366"><a href="/"><img src="/images/logo.gif" alt="TNT Logo" width="109" height="109" border="0"></a></font></p>
      <p align="center"><font color="#003366" size="-3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TNT
          c/o CWIT<br>
        1455 South Michigan, Suite 210<br>
        Chicago, IL 60605</font></p>
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    <td valign=top width="100%" height="110" bgcolor="#D5FFA4"><p align="center"><font color="#003366"><font color="#000066" size="+2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Tradeswomen
              Now and Tomorrow</strong></font><font color="#000066" size="+2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> (TNT)</strong></font><font color="#000066" size="+1"><br>
        </font></font><font color="#000066" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A<em></em>
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      <p><font color="#000066" size="+2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>TNT
            News and Events</strong></font></p>
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      <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>TNT Helps Secure
      $982,000 to Support Women in Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO)</strong></font></p>
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	  Thanks to the advocacy of TNT members and allies, WANTO funding has been restored in the final 2006 Labor-HHS
      Appropriations bill.	  <a href="WANTO.html"><strong>Read
          all about it.</strong></a></font></p>
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      <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>TNT Endorses Women's
                Equity in Rebuilding Coalition (WERC) Proposal</strong><br>
            <br>
        WERC is collecting endorsements for their proposal to &quot;give voice
        to issues of economic equity for women in the Gulf region.&quot; TNT
        helped develop the proposal located at <strong><a href="http://www.womenwerc.org/" target="new">www.womenwerc.org.</a></strong></font></p>
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      <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>TNT Helps Launch First
                  BCTD's Women's Committee</strong><br>
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        Four TNT Board members sit on the <strong>AFL-CIO Building and Construction
            Trades Department's Permanent
                  Committee
            for Women in the Trades. </strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&quot;The
                  BCTD Committee for Women in the Trades is committed to increasing
                  the number
                  of women
                  in
                  skilled
                  trades careers by promoting strategies for recruitment, retention
                  and leadership advancement. The Committee will give voice and
            visibility to these issues within the BCTD, its affiliates and industry
            partners.&quot; </font></p>
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      <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://tradeswomennow.org/calendar.php">TNT
                  Event Calendar</a> </font></strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-
                  View or submit upcoming tradeswomen's events.</font></p>
      <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="/timeline.html">TNT
              Timeline</a></b> - Read all about TNT's activities and accomplishments
              from inception to the present.</font>
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    <td height="38"> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&copy;2003-2005
        Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT) &#8226; <a href="/">www.tradeswomennow.org</a> &#149; <a href="mailto:info@tradeswomennow.org">info@tradeswomennow.org</a> </font></td>
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