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National Impact

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WANTO Act is Signed Into Law

Starting in 1991, CWIT worked with Congresswoman Connie Morella of Maryland to draft the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations (WANTO) Act to help other community-based organizations replicate CWIT’s successful training programs. Signed by President Bush in 1992, the law authorizes $1 million for technical assistance to help contractors and unions hire and retain tradeswomen.


CWIT publishes “Breaking New Ground – Worksite 2000

The report defines strategies for integrating women into the construction industry and is cited in two U.S. Supreme Court briefs, leading to the creation of over 400 jobs with equitable working conditions.