National Women in Roofing (NWIR) have signed a cooperative plan to further the promotion, outreach, shared purposes, and over-arching goals of the two organizations. Designed to strengthen the mutual interests of the associations and the building envelope industry at large, the cooperative agreement advocates for a combined total of almost 5,000 members in North America. … [Read more...]
The #Metoo Movement – How #Youtoo Can Mitigate Your Risk
By Trent Cotney and Marci Britt Beginning in October 2017, when dozens of women in the entertainment industry came forward with allegations that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed or assaulted them, the #MeToo Movement was launched, and soon a tidal wave of similar allegations flooded in against a long list of other prominent, high-powered men in Hollywood, the … [Read more...]
“What Do We Want? Equality. What Don’t We Want? Misogyny”
That’s what the construction workers chant to women walking by in an Australian advert for Snickers called “Hungry Builders.” The premise of the ad is that men don’t act “normal” when they’re hungry, and if they just had a Snickers bar, they would go back to being misogynistic and instead objectify the women walking by. Both men and women thought the ad itself was sexist. … [Read more...]