The Working for America Institute studied the following partnerships for this report. (For more detail, see the case studies in the Appendix.)

Consortium for Worker Education, a multi-union collaborative of more than 40 New York City unions representing 800,000 members, dedicated to union- and worker-focused education, training and re-employment services.

Culinary Union Training Center, a single-union, multi-employer labor-management partnership of Culinary Workers Local 226 of the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees (HERE) and the Las Vegas hotel industry, covering nearly 50,000 workers in America's fastest-growing city.

E-Team Machinist Training Program, a young partnership in which a union and a community group—Electrical Workers Local 201 and the Essex County Community Organization—joined forces to retain and expand good jobs in their community.

Garment Industry Development Corp., a single-union, multi-firm labor-management partnership of UNITE and the New York garment industry, covering hundreds of employers and 30,000 union members.

Graphic Arts Institute of Northern California, a single-union, multi-employer labor- management partnership of the Graphic Communications International Union and San Francisco's graphic arts industry, which is challenged by rapid and radical technological change.

Hospital League-1199 SEIU Employment, Training and Job Security Program, one of the largest and oldest sector-based labor-management partnerships in the nation, made up of SEIU 1199 New York and the New York region's health care industry. The partnership covers more than 300 employers and 85,000 health care workers in the New York region.

Labor-Management Council for Economic Renewal, a sector-focused, multi-union labor- management partnership in a southeastern Michigan industry made up of small and mid-sized firms.

Philadelphia Hospital and Health Care-District 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund, a sector-focused, single-union, multi-firm labor-management partnership of Hospital and Health Care Workers Union 1199C and the Philadelphia-area health care industry, covering 17,000 unionized health care workers in the Philadelphia area.

San Francisco Hotels Partnership, a labor-management partnership of HERE Local 2 and the San Francisco hospitality industry—the largest private-sector employer in the city. It covers nearly 5,000 workers at 11 Class A hotels.

Southern Nevada Carpenters Journeymen's and Apprentice Training Program, a traditional construction sector labor-management partnership of the Southern Nevada Regional Council of Carpenters and the Las Vegas construction industry that has undergone dramatic restructuring to address the changing workforce and industry.

Steel Valley Authority, a public authority created by the City of Pittsburgh and 11 nearby mill towns, with union and community representatives, to retain and expand the base of manufacturing jobs and revitalize communities in western Pennsylvania.

Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, a multi-union, multi-employer sectoral effort to improve training and preserve manufacturing jobs in Greater Milwaukee.

Worker Center, AFL-CIO, a labor-community organization fighting economic decline and working to retain good jobs in the Seattle area.

Working Partnerships USA, a research, policy and advocacy institute with a focus on economic development and contingent work issues in the Silicon Valley/Greater San Jose area, initiated by the South Bay (California) Labor Council.