Action Briefs, Brochures and Checklists

Action Briefs, Brochures and Checklists

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The action briefs, brochures and checklists below are available in different formats so unions and other workforce development organizations can download and print them on their own. You may need to download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the PDF documents. Please give the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute credit for any materials you use. If you have any questions, contact info@workingforamerica.org

Action Briefs
Self Sufficiency and Good Jobs	PDF	HTML
Self Sufficiency and Good Jobs	MSWord

Understanding Economic Development	PDF	HTML
Understanding Economic Development	MSWord

Welfare Reform: The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) Program	PDF	HTML
	MSWord

Building Adult Basic Skills Education: Getting Access to Funds and Partners	PDF	HTML
	MSWord

Basics Workforce Investment Act of 1998	PDF	HTML
Basics Workforce Investment Act of 1998	MSWord

Setting Priorities for Service Under the Workforce Investment Act	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

Ensuring Workers Get the Training They Need Under the Workforce Investment Act	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

Requirements for WIA Local Plans: Process and Content	PDF	HTML
Requirements for WIA Local Plans: Process and Content	MSWord	Quark

Wagner Peyser Funded Activities Under WIA	PDF	HTML
Wagner Peyser Funded Activities Under WIA	MSWord	Quark

Alien Labor Certification Programs	PDF	HTML
Alien Labor Certification Programs	MSWord	Quark

Finding and Using Labor Market Information for Economic and Workforce Development	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

Fonts for all Quark documents	download

Union Checklists
What to Do When the Layoff Notice Arrives		HTML
What to Do When the Layoff Notice Arrives

How To Improve Publicly Funded Dislocated Worker Programs	MSWord	HTML


What Every Union Leader in the Building Trades Needs to Know About the Workforce Investment Act		HTML

What Federal Programs Are Available to Assist Documented and Undocumented Workers		HTML


What Federal Programs Are Available to Assist Documented and Undocumented Workers (Spanish version)		HTML

Brochures
It's Your Job...These are Your Rights (available in Spanish)	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act WARN	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

Surviving Layoffs (available in Spanish)	PDF	HTML
Surviving Layoffs (available in Spanish)	MSWord	Quark

Coping With Layoffs and Plant Closures (available in Spanish)	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

Trade Act Programs*	PDF	HTML
Trade Act Programs*	MSWord	Quark
*This brochure does not include information on the TAA Amendments of 2003. For Up-to-date information on Trade Act programs, you may want to go to the Department of Labor's Trade Act website at: http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/2002act_index.cfm


Spanish Brochures
Es tu Trabajo...Estos son Tus Derechos (Disponible en Inglés)	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

Cómo sobrevivir la cesantía (Disponible en Inglés)	PDF	HTML
Cómo sobrevivir la cesantía (Disponible en Inglés)	MSWord	Quark

Cómo lidiar con Cesantias y Cierres de Plantas (Disponible en Inglés)	PDF	HTML
	MSWord	Quark

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