Outreach, Training and Retention Strategies. The Committee shall work in conjunction with existing community groups to recruit and employ historically disadvantaged or underrepresented people, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, and low-income people, into a pool of pre-qualified applicants that may be made available for immediate employment on Projects as allowable under a crafts apprenticeship standards. The Union agrees to engage in active recruitment of historically disadvantaged or underrepresented members, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, and low-income people and to refer to the Employer in sufficient numbers of such members to assist in meeting required employment goals. The Committee shall also suggest specific strategies to ensure that apprentices recruited under this policy shall be fully trained and prepared to enter into the workforce as journey level skill workers in their respective trades. These strategies shall include mentoring minority and women apprentices, removing barriers to entry into the apprenticeship programs where such barriers are not a bona fide occupational requirement, and providing financial assistance in purchasing the tools and supplies necessary to successfully complete an apprenticeship in the trades. Employers shall maintain documentation of their good-faith compliance with the strategies suggested by the Committee and shall submit such documentation to the Owner and the Committee monthly.
Outreach, Training and Retention Strategies. All parties to this Agreement shall cooperate to develop a plan in conjunction with existing community groups to recruit and employ historically disadvantaged or underrepresented people, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, and low-income people, into a pool of pre-qualified applicants that may be made available for immediate employment on the Project as allowable under crafts apprenticeship standards. The Signatory Unions shall:
