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Press Coverage 2024
11/8/24, Good Morning America: Rise of women in the workforce who choose trade school
10/31/24, Reuters Events Sustainable Business: How New York's inclusive approach to jobs training is building stronger foundations for the energy transition
8/20/24, Open/BronxNet: Nontraditional Employment for Women
8/13/24, New York Post: More women are skipping college to make six figures as electricians, car mechanics and truck drivers
7/25/24, Amsterdam News New York: Union Carpenters and Contractors Foster Inclusion and Opportunity for New Yorkers
6/20/24, LaborPress: State legislature awards NEW childcare grant to lift barriers for parents entering trades
6/18/24, Patch: Nontraditional Employment for Women Expands Childcare Program
6/18/24, News12: $375K grant to subsidize child care costs for women working 'nontraditional' jobs
6/18/24, WINS-AM: NEW President Leah Rambo spoke on WINS-AM about recent grant NEW received to
support Childcare Program
6/11/24, LaborPress: Leah Rambo, President of NEW: An Extraordinary Leader
3/14/24, LaborPress: The union gave her a shot at electrical work; NEW taught her to be an advocate
3/14/24, PoliticsNY: Celebrating New York’s Union Leaders - Leah Rambo
3/11/24, Wall Street Journal: NEW Graduate and Electrician Shawna Irving Featured in Article about People who Choose Jobs Where They Are Gender Outliers
3/03/24, Conversations on The Block with Pat Robinson: Leah Rambo, Nontraditional Employment for Women
3/05/24, Construct EDU Student Insider
2/19/24, Commercial Construction & Renovation: Leah Rambo: President of NEW Nonprofit in New York
2/16/24, Chronicle of Philanthropy
2/16/24, LaborPress: Leah Rambo Brings On-the-Job Experience to Role as President of NEW
2/08/24, City & State New York: Leah Rambo Has Been Named President of Nontraditional Employment for Women
2/05/24, New York Building Congress: Member & Industry News for February 5
2/02/24, New York Nonprofit Media First Read: Leah Rambo Has Been Named The President of Nontraditional Employment for Women
Press Coverage 2016-2023
11/12/20, CNBC: On the Job: What it Takes to Earn $100,000 a Year as an Ironworker in New York
11/12/20, YouTube: Apprenticeship Readiness Collective
10/21/20, Will Work 4 Podcast: Nothing N.E.W. About It!
10/7/20, Labor Press: NY Building Trades Launch Apprenticeship Readiness Collective
1/16/20, Business Insider Today: - Free Training In Construction Jobs Transforms Women's Lives
12/12/19, Daily News: She Built This City, and You Can, Too
11/24/19, New York Post: Free Job Training is Available in NYC — and It Can Be a Life-Changer
6/19/19, CBS New York: Chelsea Building, Five Other Sites Join Stonewall Inn As Historic LGBT Landmarks
4/7/19, iHeart RADIO Get Connected Podcast: Nontraditional Employment for Women & Tradeswomen
3/20/19, Commercial Observer: Construction Unions Making Commitment to Recruit Women
3/8/19, AP NEWS: More Women Work in Construction That’s Still a Man’s World
2/27/19, CBS New York: Times Are Changing: More Women Breaking Into Construction Industry
2/12/19, Wall Street Journal: Yes They Can! Program Boosts Number of Women Construction Workers
Press Coverage 2000-2015
Press Coverage 1979-1999
