Edmonton women trades workers create club [Video]

A group meant to connect Edmonton women working in trades has amassed about 800 members in a matter of weeks.

Morgan Bosch, a mobile crane operator, says she was inspired to start YEG Blue Collar Women about two months ago after attending the Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in New Orleans.

“We have a committee within our union, which is great, but I wanted to bring it on a bigger scale,” she said.

She began her trades career nine years ago as a labourer, wanting a job that would give her financial security – a common theme amongst the women CTV News Edmonton spoke to.

But she was frequently the only woman on a work site and sometimes overlooked because of her gender.

“There’s a lot of sites that I drive off to where I’m the only crane operator on site and I’ll pull up and they ask me, ‘Where’s the …