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As part of a 1973 consent decree with the federal government, AT&T and the Bell System agreed to hire specific percentages of minorities and females into certain jobs. After the decree took effect, significant numbers of women were hired for the first time in outside craft jobs: cable splicing, line construction, and the installation and repair of outside plant. It was not too long before problems became apparent. The dropout rate for women in these jobs was over 50 percent within the first six months, with half the dropouts leaving during training. The rate of injury for women was extremely high, particularly of injuries occurring during pole climbing.
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Reilly, R.R. (1980). Moving Women into Outside Craft Jobs. In: Walsh, D.C., Egdahl, R.H. (eds) Women, Work, and Health: Challenges to Corporate Policy. Industry and Health Care, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8077-1_4
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