Tag: discrimination

March 14, 2023

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women, Black and Asian workers are underrepresented in construction, while White workers make up a significantly higher portion of employees compared to the broader workforce. In May 2022, EEOC held a hearing to […]

January 19, 2023

Often earning low wages and experiencing discrimination, all while facing the ever-present threat of deportation, undocumented workers in the U.S. don’t get many wins, said Luz Castro, deputy director of national policy for Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los […]

October 7, 2022

The lawsuit is at least the fourth discrimination complaint EEOC has lodged against construction companies in recent weeks. Previously, EEOC filed against California-based contractor Goodsell/Wilkins and Florida contractors Alto Construction and J.A. Croson. The suit against Schuff alleges the hostile […]

August 25, 2021

A new study commissioned by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) found that workplace discrimination of minority groups and women was common in the construction industry. Seventy-two percent of Black respondents and 66% of women respondents to a NIBS […]

August 17, 2021

Respondents from other minority groups in the construction workforce that said they have experienced discrimination or prejudice were: 48% of East and South Asian respondents. 43% of Native American, Alaskan Native, or First Nations respondents. 41% of Hispanic or Latinx […]

October 23, 2020

Construction has a racism problem. So far in 2020, nearly 20 reported incidents of flagrant racism took place on construction jobsites throughout North America, from nooses hung where workers of color would find them, to racist screeds of graffiti spewing […]