---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 2502"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "2502"
heading: "Outreach to employers and labor unions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/2502"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations"
---

# §2502. Outreach to employers and labor unions

- (a) **In general—** With funds available to the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) of Labor to carry out the operations of the Department of Labor in fiscal year 1994 and subsequent fiscal years, the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) shall carry out an outreach program to inform employers of technical assistance available under [section 2503(a) of this title](/usc/29/2503.md?p=a) to assist employers to prepare the workplace to employ women in apprenticeable occupations and other [nontraditional occupations](/usc/29/2508.md?p=2).
  - (1) Under such program the [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) shall provide outreach to employers through, but not limited to, the private industry councils in each service delivery area.
  - (2) The [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) shall provide outreach to labor unions through, but not limited to, the building trade councils, joint apprenticeable occupations councils, and individual labor unions.
- (b) **Priority—** The [Secretary](/usc/29/2508.md?p=3) shall give priority to providing outreach to employers located in areas that have nontraditional employment and training programs specifically targeted to women.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–530, § 3, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3466.)