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Speaker 1: In the apprenticeship program at Pipefitter's Local five point thirty seven.

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Speaker 1: There are more than two dozen women honing their skills.

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Speaker 2: Hould the button down.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones got a pipefitting

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Speaker 1: crash course to kick off Women in Construction Week.

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Speaker 2: We want to recognize so many of the women who

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Speaker 2: are in construction and the building trades now, but also

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Speaker 2: encourage more women, more young women to see this as

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Speaker 2: a career path for themselves as well.

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Speaker 1: Jones says their goal is to add one hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: apprentices over the next decade, and.

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Speaker 3: We know that we want to make sure there are

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Speaker 3: more opportunities among those next one hundred thousand for women

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Speaker 3: in the trades, and that is exactly why we're celebrating

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Speaker 3: and kicking off Women in Construction this week

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Speaker 1: From Dorchester, I'm Jared Brosnan WBZ, Boston's news radio