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If you are a Labor Representative on a Workforce Investment Board, please join our exclusive network and forum so you can exchange strategies and best practices with other Labor Representatives around the country. It’s our first step in developing a new online High Road network.
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New Funding Opportunities
The federal government has provided $4 billion to create new jobs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Below are resources that can help labor leaders and training providers apply for new federal grants.
- See Our New Guide: What Union-Sponsored Training Providers Need to Know About the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read more
- Green Jobs Training Grants Total $500 Million. Read more
- $220 Million Available for Training in Health Care and High Growth Industries. Read more
- Labor-Management Cooperative Grants Available. Read more
- Update from DOL on Counties Affected by Auto Crisis. Read more
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 Meet United Steel Worker Troy Galloway, one of thousands of union members who are helping build a new green economy.
The AFL-CIO Center for Green Jobs is moving quickly to assist union leaders across the country in training workers for new careers in a clean energy economy.
 See Troy's story & other new videos
 Read more about the center
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New Report: Fulfilling the Promise of the Workforce Investment Act
A national survey of Labor Representatives serving on Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) has found that many boards are falling short in supporting policies and practices that can lead to better jobs and stronger communities.
Out of 900 WIB Labor Representatives contacted by email, more than 400 from 47 states and the District of Columbia participated in the survey conducted by the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute.
Created under the Workforce Investment Act, which Congress passed in 1998, approximately 600 state and local boards are currently involved in making critical decisions on how to spend workforce development funds including billions of training funds under the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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