In Milwaukee, Secretary Raimondo Announces New Wisconsin-Based Companies Join Million Women in Construction Community Pledge
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo traveled to Milwaukee to join Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership WRTP | BIG STEP for a roundtable on women in construction and the trades, where she called on Wisconsin companies, unions, and training organizations to sign on to the Million Women in Construction Community Pledge to bring more women into the construction workforce.
Following her event, which included two Wisconsin-based companies, The Boldt Company and Miron Construction – two of the largest contractors in the state – she announced that both will sign on to the Department of Commerce’s Million Women in Construction Community Pledge. These two companies join a growing list of leading construction companies that have signed on to the Pledge, including Bechtel and Turner Construction, Baker Construction, Gilbane Building Company, McKissack & McKissack, Mortenson, Power Design, Shawmut Design and Construction, and Suffolk.
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