Community

The Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) connects Minorities, Women, Disadvantaged Workers to High Paying Union Construction Careers. Communities of color support the CBA because they see it as a way to do things differently and create opportunities:

• Fair access to construction union apprenticeship training and jobs.
• Follow through – oversight and monitoring, by a collaborative committee of community, union and industry partners, to help maintain worker diversity and continued employment.
• CBA funds support outreach, recruitment and training for community members.
• Fair treatment on job sites, union benefits, long term support services, mentoring, steady work and career advancement.

How will the CBA work for you?

• Pre-apprenticeship and community partners recruit and prepare diverse community members for CBA construction projects, through foundational construction training and education at no cost to the workers.
• With initial training, community members get access to the Union Apprenticeship “earn while you learn” training system, which helps low-income workers build good careers in the construction trades.

What can I do to help?

Talk to community members about the CBA.

For more information, please contact: 

• Kelly Kupcak,  Executive Director Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
  phone: 503-335-8200 ext. 39  email: kelly@tradeswomen.net

• Hannah Holloway, Urban League of Portland.
 phone: 503-280-2600 ext. 621  email: HHolloway@ulpdx.org