--- title: Childcare pilot program helps more women get into the trades description: The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Dan Bukiewicz of the Milwaukee BCTC joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/milwaukee%20BCTC%20red%20mic.jpg --- 1 min read Season 3, Episode 169 # Childcare pilot program helps more women get into the trades [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) August 29, 2022 [Building Trades](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/building-trades) [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Labor-Management](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/labor-management) ![milwaukee BCTC](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/milwaukee%20BCTC.jpg?width=407&name=milwaukee%20BCTC.jpg)   Guest Name: --- Dan Bukiewicz Guest Website: --- [www.milwbuildingtrades.org](https://www.milwbuildingtrades.org/) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/MBCTC) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/trades_council) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wisconsin-building-trades-council/) Supportive Documents: --- [Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council (MBCTC)](https://www.milwbuildingtrades.org/) President Dan Bukiewicz joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed a childcare pilot program launched in Milwaukee that has encouraged more people to go into the trades, especially women. The MBCTC partnered with the [North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU)](https://nabtu.org/) to secure grant funding for the program and secured six sites near the downtown Milwaukee area that are Project Labor Agreements, Bukiewicz said. He explained how a lack of childcare can be a major barrier to entering the trades, and providing quality daycare can be a way of ensuring industries maintain a regular supply of workers.  Bukiewicz then talked about the need to improve diversity within the trades and the MBCTC’s efforts to recruit women, hispanics and African Americans.  He also spoke about Wisconsin Act 10, which has made it harder to find quality workers in the public sector. The law requires public employees to pay more for pensions and healthcare, and limits their ability to collectively bargain. 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