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Inside the largest gathering of unionized tradeswomen in the world, talk of tariffs

Women make up only 4 percent of construction workers on job sites working with tools. Some are worried that tariffs on building supplies will slow down commercial building construction.

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Andrea Hsu
Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.
Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the weekend host of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine show, she interviews newsmakers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.
Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Hadeel Al-Shalchi is a reporter currently based in the Middle East covering the conflicts there.

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