The last few decades of the twentieth century were a period of
tremendous change in organized labor and apprenticeship programs in
the United States. Going into the twenty-first century, skilled
trade union apprenticeship programs are in a change, coping with
decline in union membership and pressure to open their ranks to
under represented groups. Insuring inclusion of women and
minorities in registered apprenticeship has been an acknowledged
problem among policy makers. Failure to improve meaningful,
representative access in apprenticeship programs, particularly to
women, was cause for the author to perform research study. The
research study was to investigate the experiences of five women who
entered into a skilled trade apprenticeship program that has been
predominantly male oriented. The investigation examined three
components of the apprenticeship program: application and entry,
on-the-job training and working relationships with the journey
person. The significance of the study was to identify: - What
barriers do women describe as restrictive to becoming an
accomplished apprentice in a skilled trades program?- Do women
experience discrimination as an apprentice?- Do women experience
inappropriate sexual bias as an apprentice?- What are the
expectations of women entering into an apprenticeship? The book
targets women, educators and business and industry to recognize the
barriers women experience in a skilled trade apprenticeship
program. It also provides the need for future research.
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