Women Building Success – Recognizing, celebrating and promoting the success of women in union construction trades.

April 17, 2023May 6, 2023

Nomination forms are here!!!!!

WBS is proud to announce our 2023 Women Building Success Banquet is happening June 1st, 2023 at Kellerman Event Center in White Bear Lake.

We had 250 union trades workers and supporters in attendance and presented our yearly awards to a roaring crowd. Nomination forms are being accepted from now until May 17, 2023.

Nominate your choice for the following categories:

Apprentice of the Year

Journeyworker of the Year

Advocate of the Year

2023 WBS Nomination Form

We would love to have your local union or organization sponsor a table!

2023 WBS Banquet Sponsorship Form

January 18, 2023

2022 Women Building Success photos to be displayed at the state capitol!!!

Women Building Success has taken great joy in sponsoring a yearly photo contest for women in the trades. We are looking forward to sharing these photos from recent years the week before our photo contest event!

Stop on over after work Monday through Friday or enjoy a Saturday in our state’s capitol celebrating our people in the trades!

January 3, 2023

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo says 1,000,000 more women in construction in next ten years!!!

https://www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2022/10/secretary-raimondo-calls-more-women-construction-industry-nabtu-tradeswomen-build

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

Women Building Success, Minneapolis Public Schools, Achieve Twin Cities join together for a huge event at Local 512 Ironworkers’ Hall

Over 80 school counselors from Minneapolis Public Schools joined this virtual event to celebrate women in apprenticeship and increase visibility of trades as a career for our youth.

November 11, 2022January 3, 2023

Tradeswomen Build Nations Las Vegas 2022

Over 3300 building trades sisters, brothers, and siblings gathered for the Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in Las Vegas October 28-30, 2022.

Among the impressive list of speakers were the Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, and Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo. Attendees also heard from organizers, business owners, and officers from across North America. It was a group of speakers whose messages rang true to the packed Hotel Paris Ballroom.

Minnesota represented well!! Hoping to see even more folks there in 2023 in Washington DC! Talk to your business agents and apprenticeship coordinators now!