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September 3, 2021

‘Lean In Circles' help women in construction navigate jobsite bias

  • The number of women in the U.S. construction industry topped 1 million in April for the first time in history.
  • By ALEXANDRA OLSON
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — Bethany Mayer didn't want to go back to work after learning that a fellow ironworker insinuated that women like her didn't belong there.

    Jordyn Bieker, an apprentice sheet metal worker in Denver, said she felt uncomfortable that her foreman asked her pointed questions about being gay.


     
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