Removing Barriers. The Seattle/King County, The Northwest Washington and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County Building and Construction Trade Councils and their affiliate member Unions (“Council”) and other state-approved apprenticeship programs serving these counties will cooperate with Sound Transit and FAST to assist low-income residents to gain entrance to, and successfully complete, SAC apprenticeship programs. The Council and other state-approved apprenticeship programs, will inform the coordinators and sponsors of the apprenticeship and training programs and Union representatives of the goals and activities covered by this Agreement, and will provide advocacy and assistance to encourage, support and involve the apprenticeship program coordinators in meeting these goals. Examples of the advocacy and assistance that shall be provided include, but are not limited to: (a) Establish and facilitate discussions between various SAC programs and their apprenticeship coordinators, with FAST to identify policy or program enhancements to increase the participation of people of color and women. (b) Immediate reporting from each SAC program indentures for the period 1994-1999 by class year the total number of indentured apprentices, numbers of male and female and racial breakdown. (c) Projected or actual apprenticeship class size by program and trade for period 2000-2005. (d) Report their internal diversity goals and timelines for the participation of people of color and women. (e) A collaborative effort between the SAC programs and various community–based organizations to recruit in communities of color and women.
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Sources: Project Labor Agreement, Project Labor Agreement, Project Labor Agreement