Rep. Adams, Acting Secretary Su, and Mayor Lyles Highlight President Biden’s Sweeping Accomplishments for Women
New Jobs, New Opportunities, New Possibilities, and Rising Pay.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su visited Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday, joined by Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, at a roundtable discussion hosted by the nonprofit She Built This City, a local pre-apprenticeship program helping women access good-paying infrastructure jobs.
Together with business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and issue experts, the trio discussed raising the quality of jobs in fields traditionally dominated by women, such as those in the care economy, as well as expanding pathways for more women into good-paying, union jobs that are rebuilding America's infrastructure. They discussed the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful work expanding the care economy and opportunities for trade and high-skilled job trainings that grow opportunities for women, their shared aspirations to expand on this progress, and how such progress benefits all of Charlotte and all Americans. Rep. Adams was highly encouraged by the event.
“When women succeed, America succeeds!” Rep. Adams said at the event, quoting Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. “I thank Acting Secretary Su for joining Mayor Lyles and me for a discussion with She Built This City about how they’re training women in all kinds of practical trade skills and expanding the workforce. These efforts are watering the seeds of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Infrastructure bill, putting North Carolinian men and women to work rebuilding Charlotte. We’re excited to finish the job” she added.
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Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. represents North Carolina's 12th Congressional District (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Cabarrus County) and serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, where she serves as ranking member of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee.