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Women train for high paying trades at All Craft Foundation
In New York the All Craft Foundation trains poor women and welfare recipients for skilled construction trades. Divina Rivera, 31, learns house framing, wiring and plumbing in a three month course, aiming to work as an electrician. The program has placed 81 percent of graduates in jobs or further education since 1976. Evening classes will expand access to carpentry plumbing electrical work cabinetmaking and masonry.
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Patty Birman