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Women in Tyvek: Hope in Nontraditional Green Jobs

May 1, 2011

“We do as much work as the men!” says Ruby Carrasquillo a weatherization technician with the Queens, New York based Community Environmental Center (CEC).  She is one of three women among a total of 23 CEC weatherization technicians whose average work day includes blowing cellulose insulation into walls, insulating pipes, weather-stripping doors or caulking windows.

Read this artlicle on the Truth-Out.org website.

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