SUPPORTING
WORKING PARENTS
SOLUTIONS TO CHILDCARE BARRIERS IN THE SKILLED TRADES
Building Trades Unions Play A Fundamental Role In Improving Workers’ Rights And Working Conditions.
We fight hard every day to secure gains for working people and their families, while focusing on providing a better, safer and more reliable skilled-trades workforce.
We are committed to removing roadblocks to success, and barriers to progress, that are sometimes overlooked in the skilled trades because of the unique needs skilled-trades workers and their families face.
One of those barriers is affordable and accessible quality childcare that can match those unique needs, such as sporadic hours and unpredictable schedules.
The Building Trades of Alberta, with Build Together – Women of the Building Trades of Alberta, have developed a multifaceted plan to help alleviate some of the obstacles tradespeople face when trying to secure accessible, affordable and high-quality childcare.
This matters to parents, industry and economy. If parents don’t have accessible childcare, they can’t go to work, and our entire economy suffers. In order for us to truly fill the looming trades labour gap and sustain a skilled, dedicated and talented workforce, we need to re-think the way operate and ensure that everyone, no matter their family status, can participate in the skilled trades.
There are solutions we can work toward, and that means giving flexibility when it’s required, supporting parents by recognizing the importance of childcare, and lobbying for more affordable and accessible childcare facilities. It will take the dedication and commitment from all levels of government, unions and the entire industry to see these changes through. But we can do it!
We encourage you to take a look at our report and to contact us at buildtogether@bta.ca if you or your organization would like a presentation on why supporting working families through affordable and accessible childcare is good for labour, good for business and good for our economy.
LEARN MORE ABOUT BUILD TOGETHER, WOMEN OF THE BUILDING TRADES OF ALBERTA: bta.ca/build-together