Assertion Training Workshop, Golden West College, circa 1990s

This subseries gathers materials from conferences, seminars, and workshops Dr. Price attended or participated in by giving presentations mostly under the jurisdiction of unions and tradeswomen groups at the local and national levels, but also including the 1995 United Nation’s Women’s Conference in Beijing. Materials include: activities programs, abstracts of presentations, workshop handouts, published reports and unpublished materials regarding work polices, legislation, and standards, as well as personal notes and artifacts such as the Tradeswomen bandana crafted for the IBEW’s First Women’s Conference in Washington DC in 1997. These materials document women’s labor force participation at the local and national levels, recruitment and retention and defining factors and conditions of the job site; including the application of new green technologies as presented in the 2009 Women Building California Conference. Among the legislation and polices discussed are: the 1992 Women in Apprenticeship Occupations and Nontraditional Occupations Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, Equal Employment Opportunities laws, and Affirmative Action legislation and propositions such as the California 209. Also included are the materials pertaining to the 1995 Women’s Conference in Beijing where Dr. Price presented a lecture titled Gender in the Global Construction Site which explores the labor workforce of women construction workers from India, Pakistan, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand. This presentation laid the foundation for her documentary Transnational Tradeswomen released in 2006. Further information can be found under the Academic file, box 19, folders 7-11 and the Video Productions file, box 25, folders 7-11.