Women's History Spotlight: Tamara Rivera

 In continuation of #WomensHistoryMonth, today’s spotlight is Tamara Rivera! Tamara has twenty-four years of experience as a carpenter, and is the first woman to ever sit as a council representative for the New York City District Council of Carpenters. Rivera began her career in carpentry as an apprentice, then became a shop steward, and eventually became council representative for a union of more than 200,000 people. Rivera spends much of her time lobbying and advocating for the rights of construction workers, for women in construction, and for fair wages and benefits of blue-collar workers. Rivera says her work is less about her own accomplishments, but for the accomplishments of women in construction and for the industry as a whole. Tamara Rivera’s accomplishments are very impressive, and her work for the advancement of women in her field is outstanding!