Innovation — Female Construction Apprentices

State Sees Surge in Female Construction Apprentices In Massachusetts, the share of women in construction union apprenticeships is almost triple the national average of women in construction. There were 619 women in joint union apprenticeship programs and 39 in non-union programs in 2019, according to Division of Apprentice Standards analyzed by the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues (PGTI). Work on the MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor casinos represented 400 of those women, PGTI found, although the number of women in apprenticeship programs has been rising steadily since at least 2012, when it was under 200. According to the federal Bureau of...