News and Events

Test Tutoring for Apprenticeship EXTENDED

Tradeswomen, Inc. will be offering further DropIn tutoring sessions in February for women interested in electrical apprenticeships as well as other trades with entry tests. Bay Area IBEW Electrical Apprenticeships are coming open and Alameda County IBEW Local 595 opens 1 day only Feb 15 for application. Test dates will be scheduled soon after.
Tutoring sessions will be Mondays in February 6, 13, and 27, 6:30-8:00 PM at the Tradeswomen Offices, 1433 Webster Street, Oakland, near the 12th Street BART station.
If you need more general information to know what steps to take if you are interested in working in the trades, we will be holding other Entry to Apprenticeship information meetings soon!

Bay Area IBEW Electrical Apprenticeships are coming open for application. Alameda County IBEW Local 595 opens 1 day only Feb 15. Basic requirements include a GED or equivalent, high school algebra, and a valid driver’s license when you start work. You must also pass an entry exam after you apply. See www.595jatc.org for details.
We can help with other construction trades apprenticeship entry tests (Operating Engineers and Plumber/Pipefitters, for example). Let us know your interest.

February Sessions
Mondays 6, 13, and 27
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
at Tradeswomen, Inc.
1433 Webster Street, #100
Oakland, CA
BART Stop: 12th Street Oakland
Followup Sessions: January 23rd and January 30th
February Sessions to be announced.

If you wonder about working in the trades and need more information to know if the trades might be right for you, keep checking our website for a general information meeting coming soon!

Electrical Workers Minority Caucus Jan12-15 Oakland CA

Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC)
Annual Leadership Conference
January 12 – 15, 2012
Marriott Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA
See the EWMC Communicator Newsletters for Conference Information and Registration Form.
http://www.ibew-ewmc.com/communicator_4th_quarter_2011.pdf

Conference Call:
The Electrical Workers Minority Caucus will hold its 22nd Annual National Meeting from January 12 – 15, 2012 in Oakland, California at the Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel. Please join the EWMC in the San Francisco Bay Area for an interactive, informative and exciting conference. Come and share your insights, gather fresh and progressive perspectives, network and enjoy the beauty of the Bay Area.The 2012 conference will be very special. We have a wonderful celebration planned in honor of our president, Sister Robbie Sparks, who will retire in January 2012 after 45 years of service in the labor movement. You do not want to miss it. The EWMC has grown and prospered due in large measure to the phenomenal leadership of Robbie Sparks.
The EWMC mission is as relevant now as it was 25 years ago when Sister Sparks and a vision group of six decided it was befitting for the EWMC to come together annually on the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial weekend to address worker, civil, human, and women’s rights and other issues of importance to people of color and women.
The EWMC mission continues to challenge members to work hard to become true leaders in their field of endeavor, help eliminate discriminatory practices in the workplace and union, lift up and help other workers along the way and create a spirit of inclusion and unification in the IBEW. It is in this spirit that we welcome you to join us this year for a very important conference.
The Conference Registration fee is $210, which includes your 2012 membership dues of $60.00,the Awards luncheon and one dinner meal ticket for the Retirement Celebration. Article IV, Section 4, requires payment of the current year’s membership dues before admission to the meeting. Please make reservations directly with the Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel by calling 1(888) 236-2427 or 1(510) 451-4000. The EWMC discount room rate is $109.00 single/double.
See the EWMC Communicator Newsletters for more Conference Information and Registration Form.
http://www.ibew-ewmc.com/communicator_4th_quarter_2011.pdf