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Save the Women’s Bureau!

Contact your U.S. senators and representatives and urge them to fight to save the Women’s Bureau under the U.S. Department of Labor. 

Last week brought devastating news to Chicago Women in Trades and women workers across America: the Trump Administration gutted the Women’s Bureau, the only federal office standing up for women in the workplace.

Created by Congress over 100 years ago, this agency is dedicated solely to ensuring women can earn a living wage and work safely. With staff fired and grant programs cut, this office can no longer do what it was designed to do: help women build careers that provide economic security for them and their families.

Email your members of Congress and ask that they fight back against these cuts!

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The Trump Administration took drastic steps to dismantle the Women’s Bureau under the US Department of Labor in early May 2025. The Women’s Bureau is the sole federal office dedicated to supporting women in the workforce, and its Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grant has helped community organizations, like Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), across the country prepare thousands of women to enter and succeed in male-dominated, high skilled, high-earning career pathways such as construction and manufacturing, and provide training and guidance for industry partners to support inclusive and equitable workplaces. With the dismissal of a substantial number of staff and the termination of most of its grants, it will be unable to fulfill its critical mission. 

Tell your members of Congress to fight for the Women’s Bureau and its WANTO grants!

Let’s Break the Concrete Floor.

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