Ironworkers Local 492 Business Manager Jacen Davidson joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the need to increase recruiting efforts among women and people of color in order to expand the Union and increase market share.
Local 492 represents 475 workers in Nashville.
When Davidson started as an organizer seven years ago, it was clear the Union needed to change to facilitate growth, and that included reaching out to workers who are too often overlooked, he said. Davidson talked about Local 492’s efforts to recruit minorities and women and how that has created greater diversity and a stronger union overall.
Davidson also talked about Nashville’s construction boom and Tennessee Amendment 1, which enshrined So-Called “Right to Work” laws in the state constitution.
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