Garment Industry Development
Corporation, 275 Seventh
Ave., Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10001. Phone 212-366-6160
or www.gidc.org
Extensive experience in industry modernization and worker
training and education.
Housing Investment Trust and Building Investment Trust,
AFL-CIO, 202-638-3912. The Housing Investment Trust
pools investments from over 300 union pension funds to finance
union-built housing. The Building Investment Trust pools
union pension funds to finance union-built commercial construction.
Labor-Management Council for
Economic Renewal c/o
UAW Region 1A, 9650 S. Telegraph, Taylor, Michigan 48180.
Contact Maureen Sheahan at 313-291-1474 or email: msheahan@bizserve.com.
The Council has published numerous materials
related to technology, work organization and
unions. Expertise in strategic planning, industry/sector
economics, labor-management relations, worker
training and education, and economic development.
Center for Labor and Community
Research,
3411 W. Diversey, No. 14, Chicago, IL 60647. Dan Swinney,
Director. Phone 773-278-5418 or www.clcr.com.
Extensive experience in early warning systems for
plant closures and union and community strategic
planning.
Steel Valley Authority or Heartland Labor Capital Project,
I Library Place, Suite 201, Duquesne, PA 15110. Phone Tom
Croft, SVA Executive Director or Inger Sanderud, HLCP at
412-460-0488.Extensive experience in early warning systems,
employee ownership, community planning and union strategies
for job creation and retention. Email: tcroft@unidial.com
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership,
208 E. Capitol Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53212. Phone 414-906-9625.
Contact Rhandi Berth, Outreach Coordinator, or Phil
Neuenfeldt, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 414-771-0700. www.wisaflcio.org.
Worker Center, King County Labor
Council, AFL-CIO,
2800 First Ave #252, Seattle, WA 98121. Contact
Rich Feldman, Executive Director at 206-441-4968.The Center
has a broad range of experience in economic development,
employee ownership, capital investments, education and
training including school-to-work. See the website for
email contact information: www.wc-kclc.org.
Working Partnerships USA,
2102 Almaden Rd., Suite 100, San Jose, CA 96125. Phone
408-269-7872 or http://www.atwork.org.
Experience in community economic development policy,
community economic analysis, community organizing,
strategic planning and fundraising.
