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Amid Trump’s battle against DEI, nonprofits filling critical labor gaps are caught in the crossfire

  • The Trump administration's anti-DEI executive orders canceled federal grants to nonprofits supporting apprenticeship programs for women and minorities in skilled trades.
  • These orders, aiming to end diversity initiatives, disrupted funding despite ongoing severe labor shortages and bipartisan support for recruiting women into construction trades.
  • Chicago Women in Trades, founded in 1981 and reliant on federal funds for about 40% of its budget, filed a lawsuit after losing WANTO grants that supported apprenticeship readiness.
  • Judge Matthew Kennelly issued a preliminary injunction safeguarding the Chicago Women in Trades' grant, determining that terminating the funding would exceed executive authority and disrupt the balance among government branches.
  • The funding controversy threatens nonprofit programs critical to expanding workforce diversity, which advocates say help reduce pay gaps and address acute construction labor shortages nationwide.
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