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Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT):
Bringing together
tradeswomen, their organizations, and advocates to increase
women’s access and sustained employment in high-skilled,
high-paying trade and technical occupations
Tradeswomen
Now and Tomorrow (TNT)
A
national coalition of tradeswomen's organizations and advocates
Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT)
| December 1999 | TNT's Conception -- Portland, ME |
| April 2000 -- October 2001 | Strategic
Planning Period The fledgling organization builds momentum through semi-annual meetings in Montpelier, VT; Washington, DC; Long Beach, CA; and Seattle, WA. |
| October 2001 | National
Tradeswomen's Conference -- Denver, CO TNT leads a productive policy forum, hosts a hospitality suite, and conducts the closing activity at a national conference of 400 tradeswomen and advocates. |
| March 7-10, 2002 | Inaugural Meeting -- New York, NY After more than two years in careful formation, TNT is launched. Over 100 tradeswomen's advocates gather to develop a strategic plan. More than 40 TNT members elect the first TNT Board of Directors. |
| April 14-17, 2002 | AFL-CIO BCTD
Legislative Conference -- Washington, DC For the first time in herstory, a tradeswomen's group is invited to participate in the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference. |
| Summer 2002 | TNT
in the Media Articles about TNT appear in Ms. Magazine as well as national and local labor media.
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| July 11-14, 2002 | TNT Board Meeting -- Chicago, IL The first face-to-face board meeting focuses on setting annual priorities. |
| July 2002 | Ms. Foundation
for Women Awards TNT $12,000 for Public Policy Work TNT will produce position papers advocating on legislation and issues affecting the recruitment and retention of women in the trades: vocational education; the Workforce Investment Act and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families; construction of federal bridges and highways; and support from trade unions. This public policy work will ensure that women have access to the training and jobs that these funding streams create. |
| October 25-27, 2002 | TNT Board Meeting -- Portland, ME Board members make amendments to the by-laws, prepare for the public policy forum, and plan for policy activities to be conducted in Washington, DC, in spring 2003. |
| October 28, 2002 | TNT Public Policy Forum -- Portland, ME Thirty tradeswomen's advocates from across the nation gather to develop outlines for TNT position papers on legislation and issues affecting tradeswomen. |
| October 2002 | Support from
Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) TNT receives a check for $10,000 in conference revenues in acknowledgement of our participation and support of the 2001 National Tradeswomen's Conference hosted by MDOT in Denver, CO. This gesture is evidence of MDOT's long-standing commitment to employment equity for women. |
| December 2002 | Rockefeller Family Fund Awards TNT $25,000 for Public Policy and Visibility Work |
| March 2003 | Moriah Fund awards TNT $5,000 for General Support |
| April 6-8, 2003 | AFL-CIO BCTD Legislative Conference -- Washington, DC For the second time, TNT is invited to participate in the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference. |
| June 5-7, 2003 | Second Annual Membership Meeting Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton will host a congressional luncheon to start off TNT's annual membership meeting and congressional briefing. |
Congratulations to TNT member organizations participating in federal programs to increase diversity in nontraditional jobs through technical assistance to employers and unions. Of a total of sixteen providers, five TNT member organizations were selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Labor OATELS Apprenticeship Diversity Outreach project. Of a total of eleven Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grants, eight were awarded to TNT member organizations by the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau.
Other TNT activities include developing a web site and brochure, responding to numerous requests for information, connecting women and organizations with tradeswomen's groups in their region, disseminating public policy and grant opportunity alerts, meeting with other national organizations to introduce TNT and tradeswomen's issues, and holding tradeswomen's receptions in six cities -- with a largely volunteer staff!