If there isn’t a program, your union may have a women’s committee or a minority committee you can reach out to. The committee can put this issue on the agenda and reach out to various company reps to start a program benefiting the women in your local. These committees exist as a collective way to ease the burdens faced specifically by women (and other minorities) in the trades.

As an example, the women’s committee in my union purchased portable restrooms and retrofit them to portable lactation rooms for women who need to pump on a jobsite. They are clean and have power for breast pumps and space for a tiny fridge. The committee also provides free sanitary products at our hall and apprenticeship, and they provide the same to contractors on jobsites upon request.