According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, around 37,000 women work in the construction industry. Around 4,000 of them work in hand-on construction and extraction jobs. That ...

A few years ago, while working as a professor and as a welder at a small repair and fabrication shop, I went looking for books about women in the skilled trades. In the few I found, one stood out in ...

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, it wiped out the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people. But one industry thrived by necessity in the aftermath: demolition, ...

Sep 23, 2025, 6:51am EDT Updated: Sep 23, 2025, 10:37am EDT Getty Images (aquaArts studio) An analysis reveals which U.S. cities are leading the charge in closing the gender gap for trade careers, The ...

Given economic pressures, rising education costs and concerns about artificial-intelligence tools, Generation Z adults are becoming more interested in trade careers. That's according to a recent ...

New data shows that Gen Z are leading a shift from traditional post-college career paths to trade jobs, and apprenticeships. That’s according to a May 2025 Resume Builder survey of 1,434 Gen Z adults, ...

The newest workplace cohort is headed for jobs in trades, because they believe blue-collar jobs are less likely to be replaced by AI. Gen-Z isn’t interested in working behind a desk—even after ...

Kaitlyn Moser had been working in bars for about 10 years when she decided she needed a change. The pandemic had fundamentally altered the service industry, and she wanted to be better able to support ...

JESSIE NGUYEN and BRIDGET CRAIG Medill Illinois News Bureau with Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Argo Community High School sophomore Luciana Deir wants to go into construction after she graduates ...

Brands for Canada is receiving $491,000 to reportedly help women enter skilled trades jobs in the manufacturing sector through individualized and comprehensive training workshops, virtual modules, ...

The latest issue of "This Week in Macroeconomics" assesses a pivotal trade moment: the expiry of the African Growth and ...