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ADVANCED MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE STRATEGIES TOOL KIT RELEASED
11/13/2006
The Working for America Institute has released an Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Strategies Tool Kit, a resource guide designed to explore the workforce challenges facing the unionized segment of the manufacturing sector. The Tool Kit includes detailed case studies of exemplary labor-management partnerships that address those workforce challenges and "how-to" checklists that guide partnerships and the public system in replicating these promising practices in their own communities, and a comprehensive set of resources that can be used in this work. Labor-management partnerships and others addressing workforce challenges in manufacturing or other sectors can access the Tool Kit via a web-based or publication version.
 
AFL-CIO SUBMITS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TAA REGULATIONS
10/30/2006
On October 23 the AFL-CIO submitted comments on the Department of Labor’s draft regulations for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. TAA provides for retraining, reemployment assistance and income support for workers who have lost their jobs due to federal trade policies.
 
JOBS TO CAREERS INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES AWARDS TO GROUPS IN NINE STATES – AFSCME DISTRICT COUNCIL 1199C IN PHILADEPHIA NAMED AS RECIPIENT
10/22/2006
Jobs to Careers, a program established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)—in collaboration with The Hitachi Foundation and coordinated by Jobs for the Future—selected nine lead partners for their initiative supporting frontline health care workers. The project, “Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care” is a national initiative to support the needs of workers delivering direct health care and services and of the employers, patients, and clients who require a skilled and stable frontline workforce.
 

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