Why
the AFL-CIO
Created the
Working
for America Institute
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by
John J. Sweeney
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AFL-CIO created the Working for America Institute in
late 1998 because we recognized the urgency of helping
working men and women develop the skills they need to
support their families in the 21st century and the skills
we as a nation need to compete in the new world economy.
Historically, our movement has done its part in education
and training on a company-by-company, industry-by-industry
basis -- using the tools of collective bargaining to
win educational opportunity, career advancement and
economic security. We've always known that workers need
education and training not only to advance their own
personal careers and create a better future for their
families, but also because it helps us build the kind
of high wage, high road economy we all want.
We're proud of our track record -- union-sponsored education
programs rival the community college system in scope
and we're second in training only to the United States
military. And we're proud that partially as a result
unionized firms are twice as productive as non-union
firms.
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